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The historian of the recent past is left in ignorance & uncertainty, in spite of a whole assembly of sources; he cannot be sure of the completeness or accuracy of his facts or of his appraisal of individuals & his interpretation of their relations. The most thorough practitioners of secrecy concerning the recent past are the communist countries, but even the Western democracies are too secretive. Lack of adequate knowledge allows distorted accounts & biased interpretation to thrive. There is a vast contrast between the scope & content of official records & the disclosures of participants. The historian of the recent past should not be regarded as low man on the totem pole. The better he can do his work, the more instructed the public to which officials in a democracy must appeal. IPSA.

The pluralization of Czechoslovak society in 1963-1968 made possible an evolution of historiography toward greater freedom from politics & ideology. Paradoxically, the Soviet invasion temporarily strengthened this trend. Only in the following years was history brought under firm state & Party control, with purges of personnel removing numerous researchers from academic positions. Officially published material no longer contains any trace of free discussion or critique, & is wholly isolated from Western historical scholarship. Historians have reacted to the new situation in ways ranging from cynicism to renewed longing for professional integrity. W. H. Stoddard

This essay seeks to analyze how historians have treated the concept of space as an analytical category, by focusing on three spatial concepts: frontiers, Europe and the world. The argument proceeds along several lines: first that historians have long been engaged in debating the interaction of geography and culture, thus foreshadowing the 'spatial turn,' second, that representative figures in different specialties have been working away against a Eurocentric conceptualization of space and third that in order to achieve these ends they have employed theoretical insights from the social sciences. The essay concludes that the spatial turn has provided a fresh perspectives on the ways in which space has been conceived by employing terms like frontiers and place to illuminate cultural categories, but that there is a danger for historians that this 'turn' can lead into imprecise or abstract formulations that lose their heuristic possibilities. Adapted from the source document.

Examines the writings of Daniel Stern (pen name of Marie de Flavigny, Comtesse d'Agoult) a French historian in the Nineteenth century. Suggests that she represents a good example of objectivity and writes with the minimum of bias. (JLN)

This paper addresses the question of how accounting educators can "make" accounting historians or, more precisely, how educators can assist in fostering the development of historically aware accounting academics and practitioners. Various approaches to accounting history education are outlined, situated within the context of efforts to boost the membership of the community of accounting history scholars, redress deficiencies in accounting education, and engender the development of competent and broadly educated practicing professionals. The contributions and benefits of incorporating accounting history into accounting programs are overviewed, including an outline of past and contemporary examples of applications of accounting history in educational practice. A case study of the design and modeling of a graduate course in accounting history is then discussed and is offered as a prototype for use or adaptation by accounting educators interested in harnessing the potential of studies in accounting history to improve student learning experiences and learning outcomes.