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Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of Public History introduces the major debates within public history; the methods and sources that comprise a public historian''s tool kit; and exemplary examples of practice. It views public history as a dynamic process combining historical research and a wide range of work with and for the public, informed by a conceptual context. The editors acknowledge the imprecision bedeviling attempts to define public history, and use this book as an opportunity to shape the field by taking a deliberately broad view. They include professional historians who work outside the academy in a range of institutions and sites, and those who are politically committed to communicating history to the wide range of audiences. This volume provides the information and inspiration needed by a practitioner to succeed in the wide range of workplaces that characterizes public history today, for university teachers of public history to assist their students, and for working public historians to
Trade ReviewThe editors did masterful work in the selection of a wide array of contributors who share thought-provoking case studies from all over the globe...written by practitioners inside and outside academia. They succeed at evidencing the complexities and promise of public history. * International Public History *
