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How the Past was Used: Historical cultures, c. 750-2000
Peter; Weil Lambert
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Description for How the Past was Used: Historical cultures, c. 750-2000
Hardback. The book explores how human societies have used, constructed, and interpreted their pasts. It ranges chronologically from the Middle Ages to the 21st century, and in worldwide geographical scope. The book probes the concept of the 'invention of tradition' and moves beyond historical writing to embrace a much wider range of media and genres. Editor(s): Lambert, Peter; Weiler, Bjorn. Series: Proceedings of the British Academy. Num Pages: 450 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
This book explores how societies put the past to use and how, in the process, they represented it: in short, their historical culture. It brings together anthropologists, historians, and literary scholars to address the means by which societies, groups, and individuals have engaged with the past and expressed their understanding of it. The utility of the past has proven almost as infinitely variable as the modes of its representation. It might be a matter of learning lessons from experience, or about the legitimacy of a cause or regime, or the reputation of an individual. Rival versions and ... Read more
This book explores how societies put the past to use and how, in the process, they represented it: in short, their historical culture. It brings together anthropologists, historians, and literary scholars to address the means by which societies, groups, and individuals have engaged with the past and expressed their understanding of it. The utility of the past has proven almost as infinitely variable as the modes of its representation. It might be a matter of learning lessons from experience, or about the legitimacy of a cause or regime, or the reputation of an individual. Rival versions and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Proceedings of the British Academy
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
330
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780197266120
SKU
V9780197266120
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99-23
About Peter; Weil Lambert
Peter Lambert is Lecturer in Modern European History at Aberystwyth University. He works on historical culture in Nazi Germany, and the professionalization of History in the twentieth century. Publications include Mass Dictatorship as Ever-Present Past (2013), Historikerdialoge (2004), and Making History (2003). He is currently completing a study on the reception of Widukind and Charlemagne in the Third Reich. ... Read more
Reviews for How the Past was Used: Historical cultures, c. 750-2000
Even when focusing on non-European or pre-1700 history, the authors question what makes America great, how war and warriors should be remembered, and what place women, minority cultures, and the Other hold... Recommended
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