Writing the History of Memory

by Bill Niven (editor), Stefan Berger (Editor)

How objective are our history books? This addition to the Writing History series examines the critical role that memory plays in the writing of history.This book Essays from an international team of historians, bringing together analysis of forms of public history such as museums, exhibitions, memorials and speeches- Coverage of the ancient world to the present, on topics such as oral history and generational and collective memory- Two key case studies on Holocaust memorialisation and the memory of Communism

260 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 13, 2014

About the author

Bill Niven is professor of contemporary German history at Nottingham Trent University and the author of many works on twentieth-century German history, including Facing the Nazi Past and The Buchenwald Child. He lives in Edwalton, UK.

Reviews

[Simon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Academic discussions of memory are fraught with semantic traps. Yet the authors have grounded the historiography of memory in its historical context. While this should be gainsaid, it is actually unusual. One also gets the feeling that it is a work in progress, rather than a statement of positions. All told, the authors have made a valuable contribution to the debate over memory.