Word: gienapp
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...according to Professor of History William E. Gienapp, authorized biographers are very rarely prohibited from making private papers available to other researchers after work has been completed. "It is not a nonexistent problem, but I don't think it is a constant occurence," said Gienapp...
...Gienapp is sort of a grandchild of mine," Donald says. "Both of us are willing to experiment with new methods and to try new approaches to research...
...Donald's view, Gienapp's research method is similar in many ways to his own, yet has certain distinguishing characteristics...
...There are two ways of doing political history," Donald explained. "First, there is the method of focusing on men or ideas, and what they said or did. Second, there is the method of quantified history, which involves closely analyzing voting returns and examining issues received by the electorate. Gienapp bridges these two in a synthesis that is the shape of a new political history. It is very promising...
...work on the origins of the Republican Party, Gienapp says, he incorporated these two methodssthods. "I moved back and forth from analyzing both the people and the leaders, and argued that both were essential to an understanding of the Republican Party...