Introduction to Public History - Interpreting the Past, Engaging Audiences

Introduction to Public History: Interpreting the Past, Engaging Audiences is a brief foundational public history textbook for use in undergraduate and graduate classrooms. It is organized around the questions and ethical dilemmas that drive public history in a variety of settings, from local community-based projects to international case studies.

Sommario

Acknowledgements

Preface

Chapter 1: Introducing Public History

Chapter 2: Thinking Historically

Chapter 3: Interpreting the Past Case Study: The Baltimore '68 Project

Chapter 4: Collecting

Chapter 5: Interpreting and Exhibiting History

Chapter 6: Engaging Audiences

Chapter 7: Engaging Audiences: Case Studies from the Field

Chapter 8: Putting Public History to Work in Your World

Info autore

Allison F. Goebel is a professor in the school of environmental studies with cross appointments in gender studies, global development studies and sociology. She has recently published a book entitled: On Their Own: Women, Urbanization, and the Right to the City in South Africa (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015).

Riassunto

Introduction to Public History: Interpreting the Past, Engaging Audiences is a brief foundational public history textbook for use in undergraduate and graduate classrooms. It is organized around the questions and ethical dilemmas that drive public history in a variety of settings, from local community-based projects to international case studies.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Cherstin M. Lyon, Cherstin M. Nix Lyon, Elizabeth M. Nix, Rebecca K. Shrum, Shrum Rebecca K.
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 13.03.2017
• EAN: 9781442272217
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-7221-7
• Pagine: 200
• Serie: American Association for State & Local History; American Association for State; American Association for State and Local History
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; History: theory & methods, ART / Museum Studies, HISTORY / Study & Teaching, Local History, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, History: theory and methods