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  • Generations and Collective Memory

    by Amy Corning, Howard Schuman ...
    When discussing large social trends or experiences, we tend to group people into generations. But what does it mean to be part of a generation, and what gives that group meaning and coherence? It's collective memory, say Amy Corning and Howard Schuman, and in Generations and Collective Memory, they draw on an impressive range of research to show how generations share memories of formative ... Read more

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  • History's People

    Personalities and the Past

    by Margaret MacMillan ...
    Series series The CBC Massey Lectures
    Part of the CBC Massey Lectures SeriesIn History’s People internationally acclaimed historian Margaret MacMillan gives her own personal selection of figures of the past, women and men, some famous and some little-known, who stand out for her. Some have changed the course of history and even directed the currents of their times. Others are memorable for being risk-takers, adventurers, or observers. ... Read more

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  • Framing Public Memory

    by Stephen Howard Browne, Charles E. Morris III, Kendall R. Phillips, Bradford Vivian, Amos Kiewe, Barry Schwartz, Horst-Alfred Heinrich, Edward S. Casey, Charles E. Scott, Rosa A. Eberly, Professor Barbara Biesecker, Professor Barbie Zelizer ...
    Series series Rhetoric, Culture, and Social Critique
    A collection of essays by prominent scholars from many disciplines on the construction of public memoriesThe study of public memory has grown rapidly across numerous disciplines in recent years, among them American studies, history, philosophy, sociology, architecture, and communications. As scholars probe acts of collective remembrance, they have shed light on the cultural processes of memory. ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • The Routledge Companion to Historical Studies

    by Alun Munslow ...
    Series series Routledge Companions to History
    The Routledge Companion to Historical Studies provides a much-needed critical introduction to the major historians and philosophers together with the central issues, ideas and theories which have prompted the rethinking of history that has gathered pace since the 1990s.With twenty-nine new entries, and many that have been substantially updated, key concepts for the new history are examined through ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Writing the History of Memory

    Edited by Prof. Stefan Berger, Bill Niven ...
    Series series Writing History
    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 ... Read more

    $30.79 USD

  • Debunking History

    152 Popular Myths Exploded

    by Ed Rayner, Ron Stapley ...
    History is full of myths, legends, fables, folklore, misinformation and misconceptions. Whether they have come about inadvertently or deliberately, many have become part of the public imagination. This book presents some of the most popular and enduring of these myths from the time of the American and French revolutions to the two world wars and beyond. Arranged within well defined geographical or ... Read more

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  • Poverty Knowledge in South Africa

    A Social History of Human Science, 1855–2005

    by Grace Davie ...
    Poverty is South Africa's greatest challenge. But what is 'poverty'? How can it be measured? And how can it be reduced if not eliminated? In South Africa, human science knowledge about the cost of living grew out of colonialism, industrialization, apartheid and civil resistance campaigns, which makes this knowledge far from neutral or apolitical. South Africans have used the Poverty Datum Line ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • The Memory of Genocide in Tasmania, 1803-2013

    Scars on the Archive

    by Jesse Shipway ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book presents a philosophical history of Tasmania’s past and present with a particular focus on the double stories of genocide and modernity. On the one hand, proponents of modernisation have sought to close the past off from the present, concealing the demographic disaster behind less demanding historical narratives and politicised preoccupations such as convictism and environmentalism. The ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Archie P. McDonald

    A Life in Texas History

    by Archie P. McDonald ...
    Historian Archie P. McDonald (1935–2012) retired in 2008 as director of the East Texas Historical Association and editor of the East Texas Historical Journal after thirty-seven years of service. A beloved professor and author of numerous books, he charted the course of the ETHA and served as leader of several organizations. He was an inspiration to countless students, colleagues, and others who ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • State and Revolution in Cuba

    Mass Mobilization and Political Change, 1920-1940

    by Robert Whitney ...
    Series series Envisioning Cuba
    Between 1920 and 1940, Cuba underwent a remarkable transition, moving from oligarchic rule to a nominal constitutional democracy. The events of this period are crucial to a full understanding of the nation’s political evolution, yet they are often glossed over in accounts that focus more heavily on the revolution of 1959. With this book, Robert Whitney accords much-needed attention to a critical ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Remembering the German Democratic Republic

    Divided Memory in a United Germany

    Edited by D. Clarke, U. Wölfel ...
    Series series History (R0)
    Memories of and attitudes to the German Democratic Republic (GDR), or East Germany, within contemporary Germany are characterized by their variety and complexity, whilst the debate over how to remember the GDR tells us a lot about how Germans see themselves and their future. This volume provides a range of international perspectives. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Historical Consciousness

    The Remembered Past

    by John Lukacs ...
    One of the most important developments of Western civilization has been the growth of historical consciousness. Consciously or not, history has become a form of thought applied to every facet of human experience; every field of human action can be studied, described, or understood through its history. In this extraordinary analysis of the meaning of the remembered past, John Lukacs discusses the ... Read more

    $68.99 USD