{"product_id":"a-companion-to-public-history-isbn-9781118508947","title":"A Companion to Public History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn authoritative overview of the developing field of public history reflecting theory and practice around the globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis unique reference guides readers through this relatively new field of historical inquiry, exploring the varieties and forms of public history, its relationship with popular history, and the ways in which the field has evolved internationally over the past thirty years. Comprised of thirty-four essays written by a group of leading international scholars and public history practitioners, the work not only introduces readers to the latest scholarly academic research, but also to the practice and pedagogy of public history. It pays equal attention to the emergence of public history as a distinct field of historical inquiry in North America, the importance of popular history and ‘history from below’ in Europe and European colonial-settler states, and forms of historical consciousness in non-Western countries and peoples. It also provides a timely guide to the state of the discipline, and offers an innovative and unprecedented engagement with methodological and theoretical problems associated with public history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenerously illustrated throughout, \u003ci\u003eThe Companion to Public History’s\u003c\/i\u003e chapters are written from a variety of perspectives by contributors from all continents and from a wide variety of backgrounds, disciplines, and experiences. It is an excellent source for getting readers to think about history in the public realm, and how present day concerns shape the ways in which we engage with and represent the past.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCutting-edge companion volume for a developing area of study\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComprises 36 essays by leading authorities on all aspects of public history around the world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReflects different national\/regional interpretations of public history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers some essays in teachable forms: an interview, a roundtable discussion, a document analysis, a photo essay.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers a full range of public history practice, including museums, archives, memorial sites as well as historical fiction, theatre, re-enactment societies and digital gaming\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the continuing challenges presented by history within our broad, collective memory, including museum controversies, repatriation issues, ‘textbook’ wars, and commissions for Truth and Reconciliation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe\u003ci\u003e Companion\u003c\/i\u003e is intended for senior undergraduate students and graduate students in the rapidly growing field of public history and will appeal to those teaching public history or who wish to introduce a public history dimension to their courses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Dean\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrologue: Orphan Cupboards Full of Histories 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnnemarie de Wildt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Identifying Public History 17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Complicating Origin Stories: The Making of Public History into an Academic Field in the United States 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRebecca Conard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Where Is Public History? 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHilda Kean\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Consuming Public History: Russian Ark 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerome de Groot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Historians on the Inside: Thinking with History in Policy 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlix R. Green\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Situating Public History 75\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Nation, Difference, Experience: Negotiating Exhibitions at the National Museum of Australia 77\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirsten Wehner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Archive Fever, Ghostly Histories 97\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarolyn Steedman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Digital Public History 111\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSerge Noiret\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Popularizing the Past through Graphic Novels: An Interview with Catherine Clinton, Author of Booth 125\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth Paradis and Catherine Clinton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Becoming a Center: Public History, Assembly, and State Formation in Canada’s Capital City, 1880–1939 135\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn C. Walsh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Doing Public History 147\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Looking the Tiger in the Eye: Oral History, Heritage Sites, and Public Culture 149\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndira Chowdhury\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Storytelling, Bertolt Brecht, and the Illusions of Disciplinary History 163\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteven High\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Genealogy and Family History 175\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTanya Evans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Power of Things: Agency and Potentiality in the Work of Historical Artifacts 187\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSandra H. Dudley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 An Unfinished Story: Nation Building in Kyrgyzstan 201\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGulnara Ibraeva\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Using Public History 215\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Colonialism Revisited: Public History and New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal 217\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Belgrave\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Repatriation: A Conversation 231\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Abungu, Te Herekiekie Herewini, Richard Handler, and John Moses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Transformative Power of Memory: Notes on the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada in Light of the Colombian Experience 243\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatrick Morales Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Sophiatown and the Politics of Commemoration 263\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNatasha Erlank\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Tourism and Heritage Sites of the Atlantic Slave Trade and Slavery 277\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAna Lucia Araujo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Preserving Public History 289\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Material Culture as History: Science and the International Ordering of Heritage Preservation 291\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTim Winter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Preservation and Heritage: The Case of Al‐Jazeera Al‐Hamra in the United Arab Emirates 301\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHamad M. Bin Seray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Centennial Dilemmas 311\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn H. Sprinkle, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Preserving Public History: Historic House Museums 321\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLinda Young\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Placing the Photograph: Digital Composite Images and the Performance of Place 333\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Opp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Performing Public History 349\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Reenacting and Reimagining the Past 351\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmy M. Tyson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Reenacting the Stone Age: Journeying Back in Time Through the Uckermark and Western Pomerania 365\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanessa Agnew\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Performing Continuity, Performing Belonging: Three Cabarets from the Terezín Ghetto 377\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLisa Peschel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Performing History:\u003ci\u003e Jongos\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Quilombos\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Memory of Illegal Atlantic Slave Trade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 391\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHebe Mattos and Martha Abreu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Video Games as Participatory Public History 405\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeremiah McCall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII Contesting Public History 417\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Public Historians and Conflicting Memories in Northern Ireland 419\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Cauvin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Trauma and Memory 431\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJenny Edkins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Museums and National History in Conflict: Two Case Studies in Taiwan 441\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChia‐Li Chen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Between Public History and History Education 455\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoanna Wojdon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Labeling History: Localizing Olives and Negotiating the Greek Past in Turkey 465\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHelin Burkay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: To Put Your Signature: Tanzania’s Graffiti Movement 479\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeth M. Markle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 483\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 533\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dean, PhD,\u003c\/b\u003e teaches and researches public history and British History at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, where he is a full Professor of History. He is also Co-Director of the Carleton Centre for Public History, a leading research center in the field of public history. He is a member of the steering committee of the International Federation for Public History and co-editor of the new journal, \u003ci\u003eInternational Public History\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn authoritative overview of the developing field of public history reflecting theory and practice around the globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis unique reference guides readers through this relatively new field of historical inquiry, exploring the varieties and forms of public history, its relationship with popular history, and the ways in which the field has evolved internationally over the past thirty years. Comprised of thirty-four essays written by a group of leading international scholars and public history practitioners, the work not only introduces readers to the latest scholarly academic research, but also to the practice and pedagogy of public history. It pays equal attention to the emergence of public history as a distinct field of historical inquiry in North America, the importance of popular history and ‘history from below’ in Europe and European colonial-settler states, and forms of historical consciousness in non-Western countries and peoples. It also provides a timely guide to the state of the discipline, and offers an innovative and unprecedented engagement through sections addressing methodological and theoretical problems associated with public history. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenerously illustrated throughout, \u003ci\u003eThe Companion to Public History’s\u003c\/i\u003e chapters are written from a variety of perspectives by contributors from all continents and from a wide variety of backgrounds, disciplines, and experiences. It is an excellent source for getting readers to think about history in the public realm, and how present day concerns shape the ways in which we engage with and represent the past.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCutting-edge companion volume for a developing area of study\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComprises 34 essays by leading authorities on all aspects of public history around the world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReflects different national\/regional interpretations of public history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers some essays in teachable forms: an interview, a roundtable discussion, a document analysis, a photo essay.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers a full range of public history practice, including museums, archives, memorial sites as well as historical fiction, theatre, re-enactment societies and digital gaming\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the continuing challenges presented by history within our broad, collective memory, including museum controversies, repatriation issues, ‘textbook’ wars, and commissions for Truth and Reconciliation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe\u003ci\u003e Companion\u003c\/i\u003e is intended for senior undergraduate students and graduate students in the rapidly growing field of public history and will appeal to those teaching public history or who wish to introduce a public history dimension to their courses.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988614168805,"sku":"NP9781118508947","price":173.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118508947.jpg?v=1761780978","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-companion-to-public-history-isbn-9781118508947","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}