Public History and Heritage Today: People and their Pasts
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Description for Public History and Heritage Today: People and their Pasts
Paperback. In this innovative and original collection, people are seen as active agents in the development of new ways of understanding the past and creating histories for the present. Chapters explore forms of public history in which people's experience and understanding of their personal, national and local pasts are part of their current lives. Editor(s): Ashton, Paul; Kean, Hilda. Num Pages: 328 pages, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
In this innovative and original collection, people are seen as active agents in the development of new ways of understanding the past and creating histories for the present. Chapters explore forms of public history in which people's experience and understanding of their personal, national and local pasts are part of their current lives.
In this innovative and original collection, people are seen as active agents in the development of new ways of understanding the past and creating histories for the present. Chapters explore forms of public history in which people's experience and understanding of their personal, national and local pasts are part of their current lives.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137285904
SKU
V9781137285904
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
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PAUL ASHTON Associate Professor of Public History, the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Australia MEGHAN O'BRIEN BACKHOUSE Doctoral Candidate, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, the University of Oxford, UK MARTIN BASHFORTH Assistant Archivist, the National Railway Museum in York, UK TOBY BUTLER Project Director, the London East Research Institute, University of East London, UK ... Read more
Reviews for Public History and Heritage Today: People and their Pasts
'This important and imaginative book explores the myriad ways in which the past is represented and remembered, remade and contested. Starting from the premise that 'we are all historians', People and their Pasts uses rich case studies from around the world to examine the aims, approaches and impacts of public history and the pivotal role of the public historian.' - ... Read more