Processing the past : contesting authority in history and the archives

General Information

Author/Creator
Blouin, Francis X.
Language
English.
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
Physical Description
x, 257 p. ; 24 cm.

Contributors

Contributor
Rosenberg, William G.

Subjects

Subject
Archives > Methodology.
Archives > Technological innovations.
History > Methodology.
Historiography.
Information resources management.
Knowledge management.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility
Francis X. Blouin Jr. and William G. Rosenberg.
Content
Authoritative history and authoritative archives -- The turn away from historical authority in the archives -- Archival authorities and new technologies -- The turn away from archival authority in history -- Archival essentialism and the archival divide -- The social memory problem -- Contested archives, contested sources -- The archivist as activist in the production of (historical) knowledge -- Rethinking archival politics : trust, truth, and the law -- Archives and the cyberinfrastructure -- Can archives and history reconnect : bridging the archival divide.
ISBN
9780199740543
0199740542

Holdings

Item Type Current Location Collection Call Number Volume Info Shelving Location Public Note
BookOSA Archivum LibraryArchival, library and information sciences collection027.22 BLOReference-

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