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Contemplating Historical Consciousness
eBook - Notes from the Field, Making Sense of History
ISBN/EAN: 9781785339301
Umbreit-Nr.: 2288919
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 248 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 17.12.2018
Auflage: 1/2018
E-Book
Format: PDF
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <p> The last several decades have witnessed an explosion of new empirical research into representations of the past and the conditions of their production, prompting claims that we have entered a new era in which the past has become more present than ever before.<em>Contemplating Historical Consciousness</em> brings together leading historians, ethnographers, and other scholars who give illuminating reflections on the aims, methods, and conceptualization of their own research as well as the successes and failures they have encountered. This rich collective account provides valuable perspectives for current scholars while charting new avenues for future research.</p>
- Kurztext
- The last several decades have witnessed an explosion of new empirical research into representations of the past and the conditions of their production, prompting claims that we have entered a new era in which the past has become more &quote;present&quote; than ever before. Contemplating Historical Consciousness brings together leading historians, ethnographers, and other scholars who give illuminating reflections on the aims, methods, and conceptualization of their own research as well as the successes and failures they have encountered. This rich collective account provides valuable perspectives for current scholars while charting new avenues for future research.
- Autorenportrait
- <p><strong>Carla L. Peck</strong> is Professor of Social Studies Education at the University of Alberta, Canada. Her research interests include students understandings of democratic concepts, diversity, identity, citizenship and the relationship between students ethnic identities and their understandings of history.</p>