Ebook: On the fringes of history: a memoir

Growing up in central West Virginia -- George School, Swarthmore, and the war years -- After the war and graduate school at Harvard -- Transitions -- First years at Wisconsin -- Comparative tropical history and African studies -- Academic politics in the late 1960s -- To Johns Hopkins.;"Always an independent thinker and controversial figure, Curtin revived the study of the Atlantic slave trade. His career stands as an example of the kind of dissatisfaction and struggles that brought about a sea change in higher education. On the Fringes of History traces the movement of African history and world history from the fringes of the history profession into the mainstream. This illustrated memoir illuminates both the career of a leading historian and the history of twentieth-century academia."--Jacket.