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For Immediate Release
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON PUBLIC HISTORY
REFLECTIONS ON A TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY
Volume 21, Number 3
Summer 1999

The University of California Press is pleased to announce the publication
of "Reflections on a Twentieth Anniversary," a special issue of The Public
Historian, celebrating the twentieth anniversary of The National Council on
Public History. Guest editors for issue 21:3  are Barbara J. Howe, Director
of the Public History Program at West Virginia University, and Philip L.
Cantelon, President of History Associates Incorporated.

The articles in "Reflections" represent a broad range of perspectives about
the changing role of public history at the end of the millennium.  Arnita
A. Jones contrasts public history twenty years ago and today; Roger D.
Launius looks at NASA and the ways we view contemporary history; Constance
B. Schulz examines public history education; Roger R. Trask explores the
establishment of two federal history programs; Theodore J. Karamaski
expounds on ethics and the historical profession; G. Wesley Johnson
reflects on the history of the National Council on Public History and on
the beginnings of The Public Historian.  This is an exciting and
unforgettable issue you won't want to miss.

The Public Historian, published by the University of California Press for
the National Council on Public History, maintains a twenty-year tradition
of showcasing innovative and informative articles and giving voice to
multiple perspectives on public history.  The journal publishes the results
of case studies and addresses substantive and theoretical issues in the
areas of museums, archives, cultural resources management, corporate
biography, historic preservation, public policy, information services, and
federal, state, and local history.  Subscriptions include a calendar year
membership in the National Council on Public History.

Table of Contents  Volume 21, Number 3
The National Council on Public History:  Reflections on a Twentieth
Anniversary

* A Word for Our Sponsor, Shelley Bookspan
* Perspectives on an Anniversary, Barbara J. Howe
* The Business of Professional History, Philip L. Cantelon
* Public History Then and Now, Arnita A. Jones
* Twenty-five Years of Public History:  Perspectives from a Primary
Document, Heather A. Huyck
* The Washington Scene, 1977-1981, Richard G. Hewlett
* Starting Two Federal History Programs:  Experiences and Lessons, Roger R.
Trask
* Federal History Programs:  Ensuring the Future, Jesse Stiller
* NASA History and the Challenge of Keeping the Contemporary Past, Roger D.
Launius
* Getting on Track:  Coupling the Society for History in the Federal
Government to the Public History Train, Jack M. Holl
* Museum Exhibit Standards:  Do Historians Really Want Them?, Victoria A.
Harden
* Chemical and Electronic Media in the Public History Movement, Gerald Herman
* Reflections on Ethics and the Historical Profession, Theodore J. Karamanski
* Government and Professional Ethics: The Case of Federal Historians,
Martin Reuss
* An Academic Balancing Act:  Public History Education Today, Constance B.
Schulz
* Serving Many Masters:  A Perspective on Integrating Knowledge and Skills
in Applied History, Terry Barnhart
* The Origins of The Public Historian and the National Council on Public
History, G. Wesley Johnson, Jr.
* An Interregnum, Carolyn Pursell
* The Third Watch:  Editing The Public Historian, 1989-1997, Otis L.
Graham, Jr.


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year for institutions, and $23.00 a year for students (enclose a copy of
valid ID).  Single issues are $14.00 for individuals and $28.00 for
institutions.  For orders outside North America, please add $20.00.
Classroom and bulk discounts available.  For a free review copy of issue
21:3, please e-mail Michelle Provorny at
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Address editorial correspondence to Lindsey Reed, Managing Editor,
Department of History, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
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Visit the National Council on Public History Website at
<http://www.iupui.edu/~ncph>.

Lindsey Reed
Managing Editor, The Public Historian
Publications Manager, College of Letters and Science

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