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The Qualifying Exam: A View from the Past.

Authors :
Appleton, Jr., Thomas H.
Source :
Perspectives on History; Apr2011, Vol. 49 Issue 4, p42-43, 2p
Publication Year :
2011

Abstract

The article discusses U.S. historian Holman Hamilton's experiences taking his oral history qualifying exams while a graduate student at the University of Kentucky. The author provides the text of a letter sent by Hamilton to his family expressing relief over passing the exams. The exam questions largely focused on U.S. colonial and Revolutionary history

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
19408048
Volume :
49
Issue :
4
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Perspectives on History
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
60502011