Incorporating Information and Communication Technology tools into the teaching and learning of history has become a common practice worldwide. It is no longer a question of if, but of how to introduce it in the classroom in order to make history education more effective and enjo…
A leading scholar in early twentieth-century India, Sir Jadunath Sarkar (1870-1958) was knighted in 1929 and became the first Indian historian to gain honorary membership in the American Historical Association. By the end of his lifetime, however, he had been marginalized by the…
Françoise Hartog explores crucial moments of change in society's 'regimes of historicity', or its ways of relating to the past, present, and future. Inspired by Hannah Arendt, Reinhart Koselleck, and Paul Ricoeur, he analyses a broad range of texts to track and explore changing …
"From one of the most respected historians in America, twice the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a new collection of essays that reflect a lifetime of erudition and accomplishments in history. The past has always been elusive: how can we understand people whose worlds were utterly…
This title examines canonical philosophies of history, memory and identity in the context of contemporary interest in finitude and the temporalities of trauma. Engaging texts spanning multiple genres and several centuries - from John Locke to Maurice Blanchot, from Hegel to Benj…
Alan Booth draws on a wide range of international research as well as the reflections and experiences of university historians, linking theory and practice. Teaching History at University examines how high-quality history teaching and learning can be achieved in today's universi…
A Guide to Oral History and the Law is the definitive resource for all oral history practitioners. In clear, accessible language it thoroughly explains all of the major legal issues including legal release agreements, the protection of restricted interviews, the privacy torts (i…
We have long thought of the Renaissance as a luminous era that marked a decisive break with the past, but the idea of the Renaissance as a distinct period arose only during the nineteenth century. Though the view of the Middle Ages as a dark age of unreason has softened somewhat…
by Kaun, Anne, O'Sullivan, John, Balbi, Gabriele, Ribeiro, Nelson, Rospocher, Massimo, Fickers, Andreas, Bolin, Göran, Bory, Paolo, Natale, Simone, Aasman, Susan, Benecchi, Eleonora, Bourdon, Jérôme, Brennan, Edward, Day Good, Katie, Fortunati, Leopoldina, Hanley, Monika, Heijden, Tim van der, Kittler, Juraj, Koenen, Erik, Löblich, Maria, Munoriyarwa, Allen, Musiani, Francesca, Schafer, Valérie, Schwarzenegger, Christian, Slootweg, Tom, Thierry, Benjamin, Treré, Emiliano, Trudel, Dominique, Venema, Niklas, Wang, Erika, Université de Luxembourg
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As media environments and communication practices evolve over time, so do theoretical concepts. This book analyzes some of the most well-known and fiercely discussed concepts of the digital age from a historical perspective, showing how many of them have pre-digital roots and ho…
Relates the histories of the San Diego Expositions of 1915-16 and 1935-36, and how they represented Spanish culture and people, including information on their planning and their depiction of the Southwest in relation to ideas about race and ethnicity.
Bokovoy peels back the rhetoric of romance and reveals the legacies of the San Diego World's Fairs to reimagine the Indian and Hispanic Southwest.
"Cuban culture has long been available to English speakers via translation. This study examines the complex ways in which English renderings of Cuban texts from various domains-poetry, science fiction, political and military writing, music, film-have represented, reshaped, or am…
The eventful life, scholarly work and political and personal experience of Wales's leading historian, reflecting on the challenges and achievements which have peppered his long and successful career.
"This book examines the threshold between what historians consider to be proper, imagination-free history and the malpractice of excessive imagination, asking where the boundary between the two sits and the limits of permitted imagination for the historian. Supporting theory wit…
In this heavily illustrated text, the authors trace the glory of the World's Fair and the impact it would have on Colorado, where Gilded Age excess clashed with the enthusiasm of westward expansion.
This text presents a philosophy, methodology, and examples for world history instruction based on inquiry and problem-solving methods that promote reasoning and judgment and restore a sense of imagination and participation to classroom learning.
