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Presenting history : past and present / Peter J. Beck.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beck, Peter (Peter J.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historiography.
- Historiography--Social aspects.
- Communication.
- Audiences.
- Historians--Biography.
- Historians.
- Public history.
- History--Methodology.
- History.
- History--Philosophy.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 351 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Contents:
- Part 1. Presenting Academic and Popular History
- Why history and presenters of the past matter
- Presenting history in academia
- Reaching out to a popular audience
- Part 2. Presenters of the Past : Case Studies
- A.J.P. Taylor : the people's "history man"
- Eric Hobsbawm : the Marxist historian
- Simon Schama : the television historian
- Niall Ferguson : the "what ifs?" historian
- Joan Wallach Scott : the feminist historian
- Robert A. Rosenstone : the historian meets Hollywood
- Philippa Gregory : the historical novelist
- Terry Deary : the children's historian
- Michael A. Bellesiles and Stephen Ambrose : presenters in trouble
- David Irving : on trial as a presenter
- Part 3. Conclusion
- "Presentation, Presentation, Presentation."
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230242074
- 0230242073
- 9780230242081
- 0230242081
- OCLC:
- 748328693
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