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Public history : a textbook of practice

documentary heritage

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Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    Public history : a textbook of practice
  • Primary Maker

     Thomas Cauvin (Author)

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group
  • Place
  • Date
    2016
  • Physical Description

    xv, 282 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

  • ISBN/ISSN
    9780765645906
    9780765645913
    9781315718255
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    1 item in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category
  • Content
    Introduction : Historians' public roles and practices
    Part I. Collecting, managing, and preserving the past : public history and sources
    1. Collection management : archives, manuscripts, and museums
    2. Historic preservation
    3. Collecting and preserving people's stories : oral history, family history, and everyday life
    Part II. Making public history : media and practice
    4. Public history writing
    5. Editing historical texts
    6. Interpreting and exhibiting the past
    7. Radio and audio-visual production 8. Digital public history
    9. Immersive environments or making the past alive
    Part III. Collaboration and uses of the past
    10. Teaching public history : creating and sustaining university programs
    11. Shared authority : purposes, challenges, and limits
    12. Civic engagement and social justice : historians as activists
    13. Historians as consultants and advisors : clients, courtroom, and public policy.
  • Public Access Text

    Includes bibliographical references and index.

  • Collection Type
    Reading Room
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
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