The contemporary history handbook / edited by Brian Brivati, Julia Buxton and Anthony Seldon.

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TextPublication details: Manchester ; Manchester University Press ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1996.Description: xxiv, 488 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

0719048362

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History, Modern -- 20th century -- Handbooks, manuals, etc

DDC classification:

909.82

Contents:

Pt. 1. Debates -- Ch. 1. The new threat to history / Eric Hobsbawm -- Ch. 2. World security after Cold War / John Erickson -- Ch. 3. Postmodernism and postmodernity: a user's guide / Joe Bailey -- Ch. 4. The "end of history" debate revisited / Richard Cockett -- Ch. 5. The post-war consensus in Britain: thesis, antithesis, synthesis? / Harriet Jones -- Ch. 6. Whose history? National narratives in multiracial societies / Shamit Saggar -- Ch. 7. Debates in contemporary political economy / Andrew Graham -- Ch. 8. "Sexing the archive": gender in contemporary history / Lucy Noakes -- Ch. 9. Citizenship and the European Union / Elizabeth Meehan -- Ch. 10. The hedgedog and the fox: the writing of contemporary British political history / Brian Brivati -- Pt. 2. International perspectives -- Ch. 11. The European scramble from Africa / Michael Twaddle -- Ch. 12. Continuities in states policy: a case study of Ethiopia / Karen Wells -- Ch. 13. Democratization and economic change in Latin America / George Philip -- Ch. 14. Japan and the Pacific / Ian Neary -- Ch. 15. China: a state in search of a civilization / Chris Hughes -- Ch. 16. The turbulent decade: Soviet and Russian politics 1985-95 / Philip Boobbyer -- Ch. 17. Forward into history: the liberalization of Eastern / Julia Buxton -- Ch. 18. Contemporary conservation and contemporary history in the United States / Gerard Alexander -- Ch. 19. India / Tom Nossiter -- Ch. 20. Britain and "Europe": the shape of the historiographical debate / John W. Young -- Pt. 3. Archival sources and debates -- Ch. 21. Private papers / Angela Raspin -- Ch. 22. Parliamentary sources / Dermot Englefield -- Ch. 23. National archives in the United States: the case of intelligence history / Bradley F. Smith -- Ch. 24. National British archives: public records / Nicholas Cox -- Ch. 25. National archives in the United Kingdom: a case study of the Waldegrave initiative on Public Record Office releases / Anthony Gorst and Brian Brivati -- Ch. 26. The case for preserving our contemporary communications heritage / Philip M. Taylor -- Pt. 4. Printed sources -- Ch. 27. Using contemporary written sources: three case studies / Brian Brivati -- Ch. 28. The press / Chandrika Kaul -- Ch. 29. Books and journal / Michael David Kandiah -- Ch. 30. Survey and opinion poll / Tom Nossiter -- Pt. 5. Oral and audio sources -- Ch. 31. Oral history / Michael Roper -- Ch. 32. Elite interviewers / Anthony Seldon -- Ch. 33. Radio / Sian Nicholas -- Pt. 5. Visual sources -- Ch. 34. Photography / Brian Harrison -- Ch. 35. Film as an historical source / Jeffrey Richards. Ch. 36. Television and contemporary history / Margaret Scammell -- Ch. 37. British newsreels / Howard Smith -- Pt. 6. Electronic sources -- Ch. 38. Opportunities in electronic information / Seamus Ross -- Ch. 39. Electronic record keeping in the UK government and the NHS: opportunity, challenge or threat? / Edward Higg -- Ch. 40. Multimedia, hypertexts and the contemporary historian / Lorna M. Hughes -- Ch. 41. CD-ROM and the historian: information technology and the writing of history / Brian Brivati -- Appendix 1. Useful addresses -- Appendix 2. The Institute of Contemporary British History.

Summary: This guide should be useful to those studying and researching modern history. International and up to date, it covers sources and controversies in the subject area and includes a section of useful addresses. The volume is divided into three main sections which together comprise a reference work for contemporary historians. The first section comprises of a series of essays that cover issues as diverse as postmodernism, world security, the end of history, gender and multi-racialism. It opens with a defense of the role of the historian in the contemporary world by Eric Hobsbawm. This is followed by a section on global perspectives, analyzing the current debates among commentators and historians on Western and Eastern Europe, the USA, Latin America, Japan, China, Africa, Russia, the Middle-east and the Indian sub-continent. The final section, sources, covers the problems and possibilities of conventional sources used for understanding the contemporary period and examines the importance of uniquely contemporary sources such as television, computers, multimedia and living witnesses. The handbook concludes with a series of diverse listings along with the names and addresses of sources of further information.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. Debates -- Ch. 1. The new threat to history / Eric Hobsbawm -- Ch. 2. World security after Cold War / John Erickson -- Ch. 3. Postmodernism and postmodernity: a user's guide /
Joe Bailey -- Ch. 4. The "end of history" debate revisited / Richard Cockett -- Ch. 5. The post-war consensus in Britain: thesis, antithesis, synthesis? / Harriet Jones -- Ch. 6. Whose history? National narratives in multiracial societies / Shamit Saggar -- Ch. 7. Debates in contemporary political economy / Andrew Graham -- Ch. 8. "Sexing the archive": gender in contemporary history / Lucy Noakes -- Ch. 9. Citizenship and the European Union / Elizabeth Meehan -- Ch. 10. The hedgedog and the fox: the writing of contemporary British political history / Brian Brivati -- Pt. 2. International perspectives -- Ch. 11. The European scramble from Africa / Michael Twaddle -- Ch. 12. Continuities in states policy: a case study of Ethiopia / Karen Wells -- Ch. 13. Democratization and economic change in Latin America / George Philip -- Ch. 14. Japan and the Pacific / Ian Neary -- Ch. 15. China: a state in search of a civilization / Chris Hughes -- Ch. 16. The turbulent decade: Soviet and Russian politics 1985-95 / Philip Boobbyer -- Ch. 17. Forward into history: the liberalization of Eastern / Julia Buxton -- Ch. 18. Contemporary conservation and contemporary history in the United States / Gerard Alexander -- Ch. 19. India / Tom Nossiter -- Ch. 20. Britain and "Europe": the shape of the historiographical debate / John W. Young -- Pt. 3. Archival sources and debates -- Ch. 21. Private papers / Angela Raspin -- Ch. 22. Parliamentary sources / Dermot Englefield -- Ch. 23. National archives in the United States: the case of intelligence history / Bradley F. Smith -- Ch. 24. National British archives: public records / Nicholas Cox -- Ch. 25. National archives in the United Kingdom: a case study of the Waldegrave initiative on Public Record Office releases / Anthony Gorst and Brian Brivati -- Ch. 26. The case for preserving our contemporary communications heritage / Philip M. Taylor -- Pt. 4. Printed sources -- Ch. 27. Using contemporary written sources: three case studies / Brian Brivati -- Ch. 28. The press / Chandrika Kaul -- Ch. 29. Books and journal / Michael David Kandiah -- Ch. 30. Survey and opinion poll / Tom Nossiter -- Pt. 5. Oral and audio sources -- Ch. 31. Oral history / Michael Roper -- Ch. 32. Elite interviewers / Anthony Seldon -- Ch. 33. Radio / Sian Nicholas -- Pt. 5. Visual sources -- Ch. 34. Photography / Brian Harrison -- Ch. 35. Film as an historical source / Jeffrey Richards. Ch. 36. Television and contemporary history / Margaret Scammell -- Ch. 37. British newsreels / Howard Smith -- Pt. 6. Electronic sources -- Ch. 38. Opportunities in electronic information / Seamus Ross -- Ch. 39. Electronic record keeping in the UK government and the NHS: opportunity, challenge or threat? / Edward Higg -- Ch. 40. Multimedia, hypertexts and the contemporary historian / Lorna M. Hughes -- Ch. 41. CD-ROM and the historian: information technology and the writing of history / Brian Brivati -- Appendix 1. Useful addresses -- Appendix 2. The Institute of Contemporary British History.

This guide should be useful to those studying and researching modern history. International and up to date, it covers sources and controversies in the subject area and includes a section of useful addresses. The volume is divided into three main sections which together comprise a reference work for contemporary historians. The first section comprises of a series of essays that cover issues as diverse as postmodernism, world security, the end of history, gender and multi-racialism. It opens with a defense of the role of the historian in the contemporary world by Eric Hobsbawm. This is followed by a section on global perspectives, analyzing the current debates among commentators and historians on Western and Eastern Europe, the USA, Latin America, Japan, China, Africa, Russia, the Middle-east and the Indian sub-continent. The final section, sources, covers the problems and possibilities of conventional sources used for understanding the contemporary period and examines the importance of uniquely contemporary sources such as television, computers, multimedia and living witnesses. The handbook concludes with a series of diverse listings along with the names and addresses of sources of further information.

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