Writing the History of Memory

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How objective are our history books? This addition to the Writing History series examines the critical role that memory plays in the writing of history.

This book includes:

– Essays from an international team of historians, bringing together analysis of forms of public history such as museums, exhibitions, memorials and speeches
– Coverage of the ancient world to the present, on topics such as oral history and generational and collective memory
– Two key case studies on Holocaust memorialisation and the memory of Communism

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