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`Hyping the text': Hypertext, postmodernism, and the historian.

Talks about Hypertext computer programs in relation to David Harlan's warning about the hurricane winds of postmodernism threatening the shores of the historical profession. Hypertext computer programs within the mainstream of postmodernism; Historians' use of CD-ROM Hypertext programs; Fiction-wri...

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Published in:American Studies (00263079) Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 103 - 117
Main Author: Cotkin, George
Format: Article
Published: Mid-American Studies Association Fall96
Subjects:
Hypertext systems
Postmodernism (Philosophy)
History education
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:Talks about Hypertext computer programs in relation to David Harlan's warning about the hurricane winds of postmodernism threatening the shores of the historical profession. Hypertext computer programs within the mainstream of postmodernism; Historians' use of CD-ROM Hypertext programs; Fiction-writing in the Hypertext mode.