"The application of geo-spatial technologies, especially Geographic Information Systems (GIS), to issues in history is among the most exciting developments in both digital humanities and spatial humanities. The book captures the wide variety of geo-spatial applications to both t…
"The application of geo-spatial technologies, especially Geographic Information Systems (GIS), to issues in history is among the most exciting developments in both digital humanities and spatial humanities. The book captures the wide variety of geo-spatial applications to both t…
Historians have been writing accounts of the recent past since history acquired a modern audience, and in the last several years interest in recent topics has grown exponentially. From Walmart to disco and from Chavez to Schlafly, books about thehistory of our own time have beom…
Just over our shoulder : the pleasures and perils of writing the recent past / Renee C. Romano and Claire Bond Potter -- Not dead yet : my identity crisis as a historian of the recent past / Renee C. Romano -- Working without a script : reflections on teaching recent American hi…
"Historians have been writing accounts of the recent past since history acquired a modern audience, and in the last several years interest in recent topics has grown exponentially. From Walmart to disco and from Chavez to Schlafly, books about the history of our own time have be…
Recent history--the very phrase seems like an oxymoron. Yet historians have been writing accounts of the recent past since printed history acquired a modern audience, and in the last several years interest in recent topics has grown exponentially. With subjects as diverse as Wal…
How does the historian approach memory and how do historians use different sources to analyze how history and memory interact and impact on each other? This book explores the different aspects of the study of history and memory. Divided into three parts the book covers life-stor…
