People and Their Pasts: Public History Today

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137285907
• ISBN13: 9781137285904
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.5"