The Public Past: History, Meaning and Society

by Helen Weinstein and Adam Gutteridge

Book Overview

The Public Past is an examination of the different areas of public history and the wide and diverse range of relationships between the past and the public at large in contemporary society. Exploring the ways in which the past's narratives are presented, and the ways in which they are received by the public, Helen Weinstein and Adam Gutteridge centre on one theme: the idea of a participated past, a public discourse created by doing, in which the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041567459X
• ISBN13: 9780415674591
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages