What is history, now? : how the past and present speak to each other / edited by Helen Carr and Suzannah Lipscomb.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carr, Helen (Historian), editor.

Lipscomb, Suzannah, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carr, Edward Hallett, 1892-1982. What is history?.

History--Philosophy.

History.

Physical Description:

339 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2022.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Why global history matters / Peter Frankopan

2. Why history deserves to be at the movies / Alex von Tunzelmann

3. Can and should we queer the past? / Justin Bengry

4. What is vernacular history? / Sarah Churchwell

5. How can we write the history of empire? / Maya Jasanoff

6. Glorious memory / Dan Hicks

7. How can we write the history of disability? / Jaipreet Virdi

8. Can our emotions have a history? / Helen Carr

9. What can prehistory and ancient history tell us about being wise? / Bettany Hughes

10. Why diversity in Tudor England matters / Onyeka Nubia

11. How can we recover the lost lives of women? / Suzannah Lipscomb

12. How do we write the history of religion? / Miri Rubin

13. Why family history matters / Emily Brand

14. How can museums open doors to the past? / Gus Casely-Hayford

15. How making space for Indigenous peoples changes history / Caroline Dodds Pennock

16. How East Asia's past is shaping the present and future (or why we ignore China and Japan at our peril) / Rana Mitter

17. Why history should always be rewritten / Charlotte Lydia Riley

18. How literature shapes history / Islam Issa

19. History, naturally / Simon Schama.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Related Work:

Inspired by: Carr, Edward Hallett, 1892-1982. What is history?

ISBN:

147462247X

9781474622479

OCLC:

1280601396