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Presenting History - Past and Present (Hardcover, New)
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Presenting History - Past and Present (Hardcover, New)
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Who reads academic histories? Should historians reach out more
beyond academia to the general public? Why do Hollywood films,
historical novels and television histories prove more successful in
presenting the past to a wider audience? What can historians do to
improve their effectiveness in reaching and engaging their target
audience in a digital age? The way history is presented to an
audience is often taken for granted, even ignored. Presenting
History explores the vital role played by presenters in both
establishing why history matters in today's world and communicating
the past to audiences within and outside academia. Through case
studies of leading historians, historical novelists, Hollywood
filmmakers and television history presenters, this book looks
critically at alternative literary and visual ways of presenting
the past as both academic history and popular history. Historians
discussed include Stephen Ambrose, Niall Ferguson, Eric Hobsbawm,
Robert A. Rosenstone, Simon Schama, Joan Wallach Scott and A.J.P.
Taylor. Chapter topics include Hollywood and history; Michael
Bellesiles' controversial history of gun rights in the USA;
Philippa Gregory's historical novels; historians and the David
Irving trial; and Terry Deary's 'Horrible Histories'. Raising
serious questions about the nature, study and communication of
history, Presenting History is an essential text for historians and
history students, as well as anyone involved in listening to,
reading, or watching presenters of the past.
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