Communing with ‘the laity’: exceptionalism, postmodernism and the urban biography

For as historians are compelled to grind out their specified quota of specialized articles and inaccessible monographs, which are at best read only by a handful of professional colleagues, and are at worst almost completely ignored, this makes them less and less able to fulfil that essential public...

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Published inUrban History Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 266 - 275
Main Author CROLL, ANDY
Format Journal Article Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.08.2003
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Summary:For as historians are compelled to grind out their specified quota of specialized articles and inaccessible monographs, which are at best read only by a handful of professional colleagues, and are at worst almost completely ignored, this makes them less and less able to fulfil that essential public function which remains their real and abiding justification: satisfying the interest and furthering the comprehension of that broader, non-professional audience memorably described by Hugh Trevor-Roper as ‘the laity’ (David Cannadine, 1999).
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PII:S0963926803001068
ISSN:0963-9268
1469-8706
DOI:10.1017/S0963926803001068