Reading many of the comments on why history isn't more popular, I feel like I've wandered into a timewarp. "Great Man History" was weak unto death when I was an undergrad in the 1970s, and in two graduate programs since then the triumvirate of Race, Class, and Gender was, if not dominant, certainly a major component in most classes. (And even the practitioners of GMH tended to chose their greats from a short list--i.e. Lenin, Mao, Ho . . .) I also have to say, based on my own experiences as student and teacher of history, History Day judge, local history society officer, librarian, and parent, that the notion that history will become popular with and interesting to the masses when it's about regular people is no more than a pious theory. Ed Frank University of Memphis but speaking purely for myself, of course. A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>