Published by the University of Massachsuetts Press, the series
Public History in Historical Perspective explores, from different critical perspectives, how representations of the past in the U. S. and elsewhere have been mobilized to serve a variety of political, cultural, and social ends. Books in the series offer analyses of interest not simply to public historians but also the wide community of scholars engaged in efforts to understand the role of history in public life. To locate these in the library, search under the series title in the Five College catalog.
Books in the Series (arranged by year of publication)
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"History Is Bunk": Assembling the Past at Henry Ford's Greenfield Village
Jessie Swigger
2014
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The Spirit of 1976: Commerce, Community, and the Politics of Commemoration
Tammy S. Gordon
2013
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Memories of Buenos Aires: Signs of State Terrorism in Argentina Memoria Abierta
Edited by Max Page, epilogue by Ilan Stavans, and translated by Karen Robert
2013
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From Storefront to Monument: Tracing the Public History of the Black Museum Movement
Andrea A. Burns
2013
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Remembering the Revolution: Memory, History, and Nation Making from Independence to the Civil War
edited by Michael A. McDonnell, Clare Corbould, Frances M. Clarke, and W. Fitzhugh Brundage
2013
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A Living Exhibition: The Smithsonian and the Transformation of the Universal Museum
William S. Walker
2013
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The Wages of History: Emotional Labor on Public History's Front Lines
Amy Tyson
2013
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Alice Morse Earle and the Domestic History of Early America
Susan Reynolds Williams
2013
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Remembering the Forgotten War: The Enduring Legacies of the U.S.-Mexican War
Michael Van Wagenen
2012
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Museums, Monuments, and National Parks: Toward a New Genealogy of Public History
Denise D. Meringolo
2012 |
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Born in the U.S.A.: Birth, Commemoration, and American Public Memory
edited by Seth C. Bruggeman
2012 |
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Everybody's History: Indiana's Lincoln Inquiry and the Quest to Reclaim a President's Past
Keith A. Erekson
2012 |
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Out of the Attic: Inventing Antiques in Twentieth-Century New England
Briann G. Greenfield
2009
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Public History in Historical Perspective
This series explores, from different critical perspectives, how representations of the past in the U. S. and elsewhere have been mobilized to serve a variety of political, cultural, and social ends. Books in the series offer analyses of interest not simply to public historians but also the wide community of scholars engaged in efforts to understand the role of history in public life. - See more at: http://www.umass.edu/umpress/series/public-history-historical-perspective#sthash.UuRkDjtY.dpuf
This series explores, from different critical perspectives, how representations of the past in the U. S. and elsewhere have been mobilized to serve a variety of political, cultural, and social ends. Books in the series offer analyses of interest not simply to public historians but also the wide community of scholars engaged in efforts to understand the role of history in public life. - See more at: http://www.umass.edu/umpress/series/public-history-historical-perspective#sthash.UuRkDjtY.dpuf
This series explores, from different critical perspectives, how representations of the past in the U. S. and elsewhere have been mobilized to serve a variety of political, cultural, and social ends. Books in the series offer analyses of interest not simply to public historians but also the wide community of scholars engaged in efforts to understand the role of history in public life. - See more at: http://www.umass.edu/umpress/series/public-history-historical-perspective#sthash.UuRkDjtY.dpuf
This series explores, from different critical perspectives, how representations of the past in the U. S. and elsewhere have been mobilized to serve a variety of political, cultural, and social ends. Books in the series offer analyses of interest not simply to public historians but also the wide community of scholars engaged in efforts to understand the role of history in public life. - See more at: http://www.umass.edu/umpress/series/public-history-historical-perspective#sthash.UuRkDjtY.dpuf
