'Presenting History' highlights the vital role of presenters in establishing why history matters and communicating the past to an audience. Case studies ofleading historians, historical novelists and television history presenters explore alternative literary and visual ways of presenting the past both as academic and popular history. PETER J. BECK Emeritus Professor of History at Kingston University, UK andFellow of the Royal Historical Society. His publications include 'Using History, Making British Policy: the Treasury and Foreign Office, 1950-1976' and 'Scoring for Britain: International Football and International Politics, 1900-1939'. He has contributed to a wide range of publications, radio and television programmes in the UK and internationally, including 'History Today' and the 'BBC History Magazine'. INDICE: List of Boxes - Preface - Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations- Introduction - PART I: PRESENTING HISTORY - Why History and Presenters of the Past Matter - Presenting History in Academia - Reaching Out to a Popular Audience - PART II: PRESENTERS OF THE PAST: CASE STUDIES - A.J.P. Taylor: the People's 'History Man' - Eric Hobsbawm: the Marxist Historian - Simon Schama: the Television Historian - Niall Ferguson: the 'What Ifs?' Historian - Joan Wallach Scott: the Feminist Historian - Robert A. Rosenstone: the Historian meets Hollywood - Philippa Gregory: the Historical Novelist - Terry Deary: the Children's Historian - Michael A. Bellesiles and Stephen Ambrose: Presenters in Trouble - David Irving: On Trial as a Presenter - PART III: CONCLUSION - 'Presentation, Presentation, Presentation' - Bibliography - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-24208-1
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 368
- Fecha Publicación: 11/11/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés