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Writing the History of Memory
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Writing the History of Memory
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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
Table of Contents
1. Memory and History in the Ancient World - Gordon Shrimpton (Professor Emeritus, University of Victoria, Canada)
2. Memory and History in the Middle Ages - Kimberly Rivers (University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, USA)
3. History-writing and 'Collective Memory' - Mary Fulbrook (UCL, UK)
4. Memory as both Source and Subject of Study: The Transformations of Oral History - Lynn Abrams (University of Glasgow, UK)
5. Generation and Memory: A Critique of the Ethical and Ideological Implications of Generational Narration - Wulf Kansteiner (Binghamton University, USA)
6. Writing the History of National Memory - Stefan Berger and Bill Niven
7. Lieux de mémoire - A European Transfer Story - Benoît Majerus (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
8. On the Memory of Communism in Eastern and Central Europe - Attila Pok (Resarch Centre for Humanities of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary)
9. Holocaust Memoriography and the Impact of Memory on the Historiography of the Holocaust - Peter Carrier (Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research, Germany)
10. History and Memorialisation - Richard Crownshaw (Goldsmiths, University of London, UK)
Product details

Published | Apr 10 2014 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 264 |
ISBN | 9780340991886 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
Series | Writing History |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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