Presenting history
Subtitle: past and present
By: Peter J. Beck
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9780230242074; 9780230242081
Subjects: Historiography; Public history; Social aspects; Communication; Philosophy; Methodology; Audiences; Historians; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Presenting Academic and Popular History; title: Why history and presenters of the past matter; title: Presenting history in academia; title: Reaching out to a popular audience; title: Part 2. Presenters of the Past : Case Studies; title: A.J.P. Taylor : the people's "history man"; title: Eric Hobsbawm : the Marxist historian; title: Simon Schama : the television historian; title: Niall Ferguson : the "what ifs?" historian; title: Joan Wallach Scott : the feminist historian; title: Robert A. Rosenstone : the historian meets Hollywood; title: Philippa Gregory : the historical novelist; title: Terry Deary : the children's historian; title: Michael A. Bellesiles and Stephen Ambrose : presenters in trouble; title: David Irving : on trial as a presenter; title: Part 3. Conclusion; title: "Presentation, Presentation, Presentation."