Writing the History of Memory
Published on 13. February 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-0-340-99188-6 (ISBN)
Description
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
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
Reviews / Votes
The collection includes essays on oral history, generational and collective memory, and memorialisation, each one with a list of further reading, making the book an excellent point of entry into the field. -- Stuart MacIntyre, University of Melbourne, Australia * Australian Journal of Politics and History *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
443 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-340-99188-6 (9780340991886)
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Stefan Berger | Bill Niven
Writing the History of Memory
E-Book
02/2014
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic
€30.99
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Stefan Berger | Bill Niven
Writing the History of Memory
E-Book
02/2014
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic
€30.99
Available for download
Persons
Stefan Berger is Professor of Social History and Director of the Institute of Social Movements and the House for the History of the Ruhr at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.
Bill Niven is Professor of Contemporary German History at Nottingham Trent University, UK. He is author (with JKA Thomaneck) of Dividing and Uniting Germany (2000), and of Facing the Nazi Past (2001) and The Buchenwald Child (2007). He is also the editor of Germans as Victims and has published widely on many areas of post-1918 German history.
Bill Niven is Professor of Contemporary German History at Nottingham Trent University, UK. He is author (with JKA Thomaneck) of Dividing and Uniting Germany (2000), and of Facing the Nazi Past (2001) and The Buchenwald Child (2007). He is also the editor of Germans as Victims and has published widely on many areas of post-1918 German history.
Content
Introduction - Bill Niven (Nottingham Trent University, UK) and Stefan Berger (Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Germany)
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 memoire - A European Transfer Story - Benoit 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)
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 memoire - A European Transfer Story - Benoit 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)