Consuming history : historians and heritage in contemporary popular culture /
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London, England :
Routledge,
2009.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : history and popular culture
- 1. The public historian, the historian in public
- 2. Popular history in print
- 3. The historian in popular culture
- 4. The everyday historical : local history, metal detecting, antiques
- 5. Genealogy : hobby, politics, science
- 6. Digital history : archives, information architecture, encyclopaedias, community websites and search engines
- 7. Historical re-enactment
- 8. Recycling culture and re-enactment / cultural re-enactment
- 9. History games
- 10. Contemporary historical documentary
- 11. Reality history
- 12. Historical television : classic serial, costume drama and comedy
- 13. Historical film
- 14. Imagined histories : novels, plays and comics
- 15. Museums and physical encounters with the past
- Conclusions : nostalgia isn't what it used to be.