Non-academic history–'public history'–is a complex, dynamic entity which impacts on the
popular understanding of the past at all levels. In Consuming History, Jerome de Groot …

This article considers the media phenomenon of 'history'over the past decade. In particular I
am interested in the complex types of historical engagement available, and what these …

Despite predictions of the “death of the past” and the “end of history,” the past refuses to go
away. In fact, the start of the twenty-first century has seen an upsurge of interest in popular …

The representation of the past through products of the 'culture industry'bears the history of a
long debate between detractors and optimists. This controversy becomes especially …

What good is history to cultural studies? Meaghan Morris looks at struggles over" history" in
social settings created by capitalism: in tourist landscapes and in television time. The …

Sources are the raw material of history, but where the written word has traditionally been
seen as the principal source, today historians are increasingly recognizing the value of …

The Oxford Handbook of Public History introduces the major debates within public history;
the methods and sources that comprise a public historian's tool kit; and exemplary examples …

Cinematic Uses of the Past was first published in 1996. Minnesota Archive Editions uses
digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are …

How should historians speak truth to power–and why does it matter? Why is five hundred
years better than five months or five years as a planning horizon? And why is history …

What impact is there on the field to recognize that archaeology is a regular feature in daily
life and popular culture? Based upon the study of England, Germany, Sweden and the USA …