Cultural History

ISBN-13: 9780333986752 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 176 str.

Jeffrey Haynes

Opis

Anna Green provides a coherent and accessible introduction to the major theoretical approaches and key concepts within this most diverse of historical fields. 'Cultural History' explores the conceptual, affective and imaginative worlds of human consciousness, as reflected in elite intellectual works as well as everyday social beliefs and practices.

Spis treści

Preface.- Introduction.- Zeitgeist and Hermeneutics.- Mentalités and the Unconscious.- From Agency to Symbols.- Narrative and Discourse.- Remembering.- Collective Memory .- Conclusion.- Further Reading.- Glossary.- Index.

O autorze

ANNA GREEN teaches public history and oral history at the University of Exeter, UK. Her publications include The Houses of History (1999), British Capital, Antipodean Labour (2001) and Remembering: Writing Oral History (2004)