Screen LibraryWhat is public history globally? : working with the past in the present /
Across the globe, history has gone public. With the rise of the internet, family historians are now delving into archives continents apart. Activists look into and recreate the past to promote social justice or environmental causes. Dark and difficult pasts are confronted at sites of commemoration....
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Bloomsbury Academic,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Across the globe, history has gone public. With the rise of the internet, family historians are now delving into archives continents apart. Activists look into and recreate the past to promote social justice or environmental causes. Dark and difficult pasts are confronted at sites of commemoration. Artists draw on memory and the past to study the human condition and make meaning in the present. As a result of this democratisation of history, public history movements have now risen to prominence. This groundbreaking edited collection takes a comprehensive look at public history throughout the |
| Carrier Form: | xxii, 365 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-356) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781350033290 (paperback) : 1350033294 (paperback) 9781350033283 (hardback) 1350033286 (hardback) 9781350033269 (ePDF) 135003326X (ePDF) 9781350033276 (electronic book) 1350033278 (electronic book) |
| Index Number: | D16 |
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K06 K0 |
| Call Number: | K0/W555 |
| Contents: |
The public turn: history today / Public history in Australia: history in place / Public history in Britain: repossessing the past / Public history in Canada: public service or public service? / Public history in China: past making in the present / Public history in Germany: opening new spaces / Public history in India: towards a people's |