ABSTRACT

The many trends and individuals mentioned in the preceding chapter that became prominent in the postschools era continued to influence the field through the rest of the 20th century. But there were other developments as well in that half-century, some of which will be touched on in this chapter. Other authors would doubtless have chosen different people and themes to emphasize, and future historians will have to decide whether these people and themes actually deserve the attention they receive here. Writing about recent events is always hazardous in historical accounts, but for the sake of bringing the present account to completion, Chapters 14 and 15 provide at least one perspective.