| Description |
ix, 247 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Writing history series |
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Writing history (Bloomsbury)
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| Contents |
Memory and history in the ancient world / Gordon Shrimpton -- Memory and history in the middle ages / Kimberly Rivers -- History writing and 'collective memory' / Mary Fulbrook -- Memory as both source and subject of study : the transformation of oral history / Lynn Abrams -- Generation and memory : a critique of the ethical and ideological implications of generational narration / Wulf Kansteiner -- Writing the history of national memory / Stefan Berger and Bill Niven -- Lieux de mémoire : a European transfer story / Benoît Majerus -- On the memory of communism in Eastern and Central Europe / Attila Pók -- Holocaust memoriography and the impact of memory on the historiography of the Holocaust / Peter Carrier -- History and memorialization / Richard Crownshaw |
| Summary |
How objective are our history books? This addition to the Writing History series examines the critical role that memory plays in the writing of history. This book includes: Essays from an international team of historians, bringing together analysis of forms of public history such as museums, exhibitions, memorials and speeches ; Coverage of the ancient world to the present, on topics such as oral history and generational and collective memory ; Two key case studies on Holocaust memorialisation and the memory of Communism |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also published electronically |
| Subject |
Collective memory -- History and criticism -- 21st century.
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Collective memory.
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Historiography -- Philosophy -- 21st century.
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History -- Study and teaching -- 21st century.
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Oral history -- History and criticism -- 21st century.
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Historiography.
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Public history -- Philosophy -- 21st century.
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| Author |
Berger, Stefan, editor of compilation
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Niven, William John, 1956- editor of compilation
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| ISBN |
0340991887 (paperback) |
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9780340991886 (paperback) |
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(ePub) |
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(ePDF) |
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