But the bigger question is: does this thesis show an original, creative historian at work?
As so often, his arguments invite as much dissent as agreement, the sign of a truly creative historian.
Led by Hofstadter and his enormously popular books "The American Political Tradition" (1948) and "The Age of Reform"(1955), the more creative consensus historians worked the neighboring fields of sociology and political science.
The response from supporters has been so great that I started holding Rap Research Groups made up of enthusiasts, historians, creatives, technologists, cultural critics, linguists, teachers, MCs and academics.
We may be mocked for our naive idealism, but at least it will not be possible to say that an expiring civilisation perished without a creative protest,' wrote art historian Herbert Read.
Aslan has advanced his career -- he is a professor of creative writing, not a historian -- with self-serving criticism of the "demonization" of Islam under the Bush administration.
It is the historian of my creative process".
"A lot of other countries have common curriculums yet teachers can still be very creative," said Diane Ravitch, an education historian.
Innovation was the most striking feature of their creative evolution, according to music historian and pianist Michael Campbell: "'A Day in the Life' encapsulates the art and achievement of the Beatles as well as any single track can.
Here, under the guidance of the museum's executive director, Leonard Garfield; its creative director, Ann Farrington; and its public historian, Lorraine McConaghy, those themes come to the fore.
