Processing the past : contesting authority in history and the archives - Blouin, Francis X.; Rosenberg, William G. (New York : Oxford University Press, 2011)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Archives -- Methodology; Archives -- Technological innovations; History -- Methodology; Historiography; Information resources management; Knowledge management