The Spectacle of History - Speech, Text, and Memory at the Iran-Contra Hearings

It is a well-known feature of historical inquiries that an event can be reconstructed in countless ways. Chronologies can begin earlier or later and can be fleshed out with variable amounts of detail; characters can be added or elided; agency and blame can be assigned to different parties.

Info autore

Michael Lynch is Professor in the Department of Human Sciences at Brunel University, Middlesex.
David Bogen is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Emerson College.

Riassunto

How is history produced? How do individuals write or rewrite their parts while engaged in the production of history? This book takes the example of the Iran-contra hearings to explore these questions.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Erik Barnouw, LYNCH, Michael Lynch
• Con la collaborazione di: David Bogen (Editore), Michael E Lynch (Editore), Michael E. Lynch (Editore)
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 05.04.1996
• EAN: 9780822317388
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-1738-8
• Pagine: 368
• Dimensioni: 153 mm x 228 mm x 28 mm
• Peso: 612 g
• Serie: Post-Contemporary Intervention; Post-Contemporary Interventions; Post-Contemporary Intervention
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Soziologie, 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Politik und Staat, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Politics / Current Events