Making Histories: Studies in History-Writing and Politics

ISBN-13: 9780415402781 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 386 str.

Richard Johnson; Gregor McLennan; Bill Schwarz

Opis

First published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Spis treści

Part One: Historians and 'the people' 1. Radical liberalism, Fabianism and social history David Sutton 2. 'The people' in history: the Communist Party Historians' Group, 1946-56 Bill Schwarz 3. E. P. Thompson and the discipline of historical context Gregor McLennan Part Two: Marxist theory and historical analysis 4. Philosophy and history: some issues in recent marxist theory Gregor McLennan 5. Reading for the best Marx: history-writing and historical abstraction Richard Johnson Part Three: Autobiography/memory/tradition 6. Popular memory: theory, politics, method Popular Memory Group 7. 'Charms of residence': the public and the past Michael Bommes and Patrick Wright 8. 'The public face of feminism': early twentieth-century writings on women's suffrage Tricia Davis, Martin Durham, Catherine Hall, Mary Langan and David Sutton Notes and references Index

O autorze

The Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS) was a research centre at the University of Birmingham. It is notable for producing many key studies and researchers in the field of Cultural Studies. It was founded in 1964 by Richard Hoggart, who became the first centre director. The Cultural Studies department at the University of Birmingham was closed in 2002.