Processing the Past : Contesting Authority in History and the Archives Paperback / softback
by Francis X., Jr. (Director of the Bentley Historical Library and Professor in the history dep Blouin, William G. (Professor Emeritus of History, Professor Emeritus of History, University of M Rosenberg
Part of the Oxford Series on History and Archives series
Paperback / softback
Description
Processing the Past explores the dramatic changes taking place in historical understanding and archival management and in the relations between historians and archivists.
Written by an archivist and a historian, it shows how these changes have been brought on by new historical thinking, new conceptions of archives, changing notions of historical authority, modifications in archival practices, and new information technologies.
The book situates archives as subjects rather than places of study and examines the increasingly problematic relationships between historical and archival work.
The authors contend that though historians and archivists once occupied the same conceptual and methodological space, they have divided into two separate professions with distinct conceptual frameworks and understandings of the authorities that govern their work: historians now ask questions not easily answered by traditional documentation, and archivists confront the challenges of new technologies and increases in the amounts of material they process.
Blouin and Rosenberg conclude by raising the question of what future historical archives might be like if historical scholars and archivists no longer understand each other.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:268 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:10/01/2013
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- ISBN:9780199964086
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:268 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:10/01/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9780199964086
