Contesting History:Narratives of Public History/ by Jeremy Black

By:

Black,Jeremy

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi: Bloomsbury, 2014.Description: xix,258pISBN:

9789388002691

Subject(s):

Public history

DDC classification:

907.2 BLA/C

Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. The state, the private sector, and academe -- 3. The public life of the past to 1400 -- 4. Historicising new beginnings, 1400-1650 -- 5. 'Ancient régime' and 'Enlightenment', 1650-1775 -- 6. History in an age of revolutions, 1775-1815 -- 7. The nineteenth century : nationalism and public education -- 8. The twentieth century : the struggle of ideologies -- 9. Post-1990 : searching for meaning -- 10. Post-1990 : history wars -- 11. Into the future -- 12. Conclusions -- 13. Postscript.

Summary: This includes a host of in-depth case studies from different periods of history around the world, and coverage of public history in a wider range of media, including TV and film. Readers are guided through this material by an expansive introduction, section headings, chapter conclusions and a selected further reading list. Written with eminent clarity and breadth of knowledge, Contesting History is a key text for all students of public history and anyone keen to know more about the nature of history as a discipline and concept.

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1. Introduction --
2. The state, the private sector, and academe --
3. The public life of the past to 1400 --
4. Historicising new beginnings, 1400-1650 --
5. 'Ancient régime' and 'Enlightenment', 1650-1775 --
6. History in an age of revolutions, 1775-1815 --
7. The nineteenth century : nationalism and public education --
8. The twentieth century : the struggle of ideologies --
9. Post-1990 : searching for meaning --
10. Post-1990 : history wars --
11. Into the future --
12. Conclusions --
13. Postscript.

This includes a host of in-depth case studies from different periods of history around the world, and coverage of public history in a wider range of media, including TV and film. Readers are guided through this material by an expansive introduction, section headings, chapter conclusions and a selected further reading list. Written with eminent clarity and breadth of knowledge, Contesting History is a key text for all students of public history and anyone keen to know more about the nature of history as a discipline and concept.

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