The contemporary history handbook /
The contemporary history handbook /
edited by Brian Brivati, Julia Buxton and Anthony Seldon.
- Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; St. Martin's Press, 1996.
- xxiv, 488 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Debates -- The new threat to history / World security after Cold War / Postmodernism and postmodernity: a user's guide /
The "end of history" debate revisited / The post-war consensus in Britain: thesis, antithesis, synthesis? / Whose history? National narratives in multiracial societies / Debates in contemporary political economy / "Sexing the archive": gender in contemporary history / Citizenship and the European Union / The hedgedog and the fox: the writing of contemporary British political history / International perspectives -- The European scramble from Africa / Continuities in states policy: a case study of Ethiopia / Democratization and economic change in Latin America / Japan and the Pacific / China: a state in search of a civilization / The turbulent decade: Soviet and Russian politics 1985-95 / Forward into history: the liberalization of Eastern / Contemporary conservation and contemporary history in the United States / India / Britain and "Europe": the shape of the historiographical debate / Archival sources and debates -- Private papers / Parliamentary sources / National archives in the United States: the case of intelligence history / National British archives: public records / National archives in the United Kingdom: a case study of the Waldegrave initiative on Public Record Office releases / The case for preserving our contemporary communications heritage / Printed sources -- Using contemporary written sources: three case studies / The press / Books and journal / Survey and opinion poll / Oral and audio sources -- Oral history / Elite interviewers / Radio / Visual sources -- Photography / Film as an historical source / Television and contemporary history / British newsreels / Electronic sources -- Opportunities in electronic information / Electronic record keeping in the UK government and the NHS: opportunity, challenge or threat? / Multimedia, hypertexts and the contemporary historian / CD-ROM and the historian: information technology and the writing of history / Appendix 1. Useful addresses -- Appendix 2. The Institute of Contemporary British History. Eric Hobsbawm -- John Erickson -- Joe Bailey -- Richard Cockett -- Harriet Jones -- Shamit Saggar -- Andrew Graham -- Lucy Noakes -- Elizabeth Meehan -- Brian Brivati -- Michael Twaddle -- Karen Wells -- George Philip -- Ian Neary -- Chris Hughes -- Philip Boobbyer -- Julia Buxton -- Gerard Alexander -- Tom Nossiter -- John W. Young -- Angela Raspin -- Dermot Englefield -- Bradley F. Smith -- Nicholas Cox -- Anthony Gorst and Brian Brivati -- Philip M. Taylor -- Brian Brivati -- Chandrika Kaul -- Michael David Kandiah -- Tom Nossiter -- Michael Roper -- Anthony Seldon -- Sian Nicholas -- Brian Harrison -- Jeffrey Richards. Margaret Scammell -- Howard Smith -- Seamus Ross -- Edward Higg -- Lorna M. Hughes -- Brian Brivati -- Pt. 1. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Pt. 2. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Ch. 14. Ch. 15. Ch. 16. Ch. 17. Ch. 18. Ch. 19. Ch. 20. Pt. 3. Ch. 21. Ch. 22. Ch. 23. Ch. 24. Ch. 25. Ch. 26. Pt. 4. Ch. 27. Ch. 28. Ch. 29. Ch. 30. Pt. 5. Ch. 31. Ch. 32. Ch. 33. Pt. 5. Ch. 34. Ch. 35. Ch. 36. Ch. 37. Pt. 6. Ch. 38. Ch. 39. Ch. 40. Ch. 41.
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.
0719048362
History, Modern--20th century--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
909.82
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Debates -- The new threat to history / World security after Cold War / Postmodernism and postmodernity: a user's guide /
The "end of history" debate revisited / The post-war consensus in Britain: thesis, antithesis, synthesis? / Whose history? National narratives in multiracial societies / Debates in contemporary political economy / "Sexing the archive": gender in contemporary history / Citizenship and the European Union / The hedgedog and the fox: the writing of contemporary British political history / International perspectives -- The European scramble from Africa / Continuities in states policy: a case study of Ethiopia / Democratization and economic change in Latin America / Japan and the Pacific / China: a state in search of a civilization / The turbulent decade: Soviet and Russian politics 1985-95 / Forward into history: the liberalization of Eastern / Contemporary conservation and contemporary history in the United States / India / Britain and "Europe": the shape of the historiographical debate / Archival sources and debates -- Private papers / Parliamentary sources / National archives in the United States: the case of intelligence history / National British archives: public records / National archives in the United Kingdom: a case study of the Waldegrave initiative on Public Record Office releases / The case for preserving our contemporary communications heritage / Printed sources -- Using contemporary written sources: three case studies / The press / Books and journal / Survey and opinion poll / Oral and audio sources -- Oral history / Elite interviewers / Radio / Visual sources -- Photography / Film as an historical source / Television and contemporary history / British newsreels / Electronic sources -- Opportunities in electronic information / Electronic record keeping in the UK government and the NHS: opportunity, challenge or threat? / Multimedia, hypertexts and the contemporary historian / CD-ROM and the historian: information technology and the writing of history / Appendix 1. Useful addresses -- Appendix 2. The Institute of Contemporary British History. Eric Hobsbawm -- John Erickson -- Joe Bailey -- Richard Cockett -- Harriet Jones -- Shamit Saggar -- Andrew Graham -- Lucy Noakes -- Elizabeth Meehan -- Brian Brivati -- Michael Twaddle -- Karen Wells -- George Philip -- Ian Neary -- Chris Hughes -- Philip Boobbyer -- Julia Buxton -- Gerard Alexander -- Tom Nossiter -- John W. Young -- Angela Raspin -- Dermot Englefield -- Bradley F. Smith -- Nicholas Cox -- Anthony Gorst and Brian Brivati -- Philip M. Taylor -- Brian Brivati -- Chandrika Kaul -- Michael David Kandiah -- Tom Nossiter -- Michael Roper -- Anthony Seldon -- Sian Nicholas -- Brian Harrison -- Jeffrey Richards. Margaret Scammell -- Howard Smith -- Seamus Ross -- Edward Higg -- Lorna M. Hughes -- Brian Brivati -- Pt. 1. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Pt. 2. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. Ch. 13. Ch. 14. Ch. 15. Ch. 16. Ch. 17. Ch. 18. Ch. 19. Ch. 20. Pt. 3. Ch. 21. Ch. 22. Ch. 23. Ch. 24. Ch. 25. Ch. 26. Pt. 4. Ch. 27. Ch. 28. Ch. 29. Ch. 30. Pt. 5. Ch. 31. Ch. 32. Ch. 33. Pt. 5. Ch. 34. Ch. 35. Ch. 36. Ch. 37. Pt. 6. Ch. 38. Ch. 39. Ch. 40. Ch. 41.
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.
0719048362
History, Modern--20th century--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
909.82