Processing the Past: Contesting Authority in History and the Archives

by Francis X. Blouin and William G. Rosenberg

Book Overview

Processing the Past explores the dramatic changes taking place in historical understanding and archival management, and hence the relations between historians and archivists. Written by an archivist and a historian, it shows how these changes have been brought on by new historical thinking, new conceptions of archives, changing notions of historical authority, modifications in archival practices, and new information technologies. The book takes an...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199964084
• ISBN13: 9780199964086
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"