Processing the Past - Contesting Authority in History and the Archives (Paperback)

Processing the Past explores the dramatic changes taking place in historical understanding and archival management and in 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 situates archives as subjects rather than places of study and examines the increasingly problematic relationships between historical and archival work. The authors contend that though historians and archivists once occupied the same conceptual and methodological space, they have divided into two separate professions with distinct conceptual frameworks and understandings of the authorities that govern their work: historians now ask questions not easily answered by traditional documentation, and archivists confront the challenges of new technologies and increases in the amounts of material they process. Blouin and Rosenberg conclude by raising the question of what future historical archives might be like if historical scholars and archivists no longer understand each other.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Oxford Series on History and Archives
Release date:	2013
First published:	December 2012
Authors:	Francis X. Blouin (Director of the Bentley Historical Library and Professor in the history department and School of Information) • William G. Rosenberg (Professor Emeritus of History)
Dimensions:	234 x 169 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	268
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-996408-6
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Library & information sciences > Library, archive & information management Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > History > World history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-996408-4
Barcode:	9780199964086

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