People and their pasts : public history today / edited by Paul Ashton and Hilda Kean.

By:

Ashton, Paul [ed.]

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.Description: xiv, 304 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780230546691
0230546692

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DDC classification:

907.2 22 ASH

Online resources:

Table of contents only

Contents:

Section 1. The making of history -- Section 2. Presenting the past in place and space -- Section 3. Material culture, memory and public histories.

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library History & Geography	Non-fiction	907.2 ASH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		34340

Section 1. The making of history --
Section 2. Presenting the past in place and space --

Section 3. Material culture, memory and public histories.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-296) and index.

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.

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