Impact of History?

Pedro Ramos Pinto, Bertrand Taithe

• List of figures. List of tables. Preface and Acknowledgements. List of contributors. 1. History in Public? Historians in the Age of Impact Bertrand Taithe and Pedro Ramos Pinto 2. The Genealogy Boom: Inheritance, Family History, and the Popular Historical Imagination Jerome de Groot 3. History 2.0: History, Publics and New Technologies Toby Butler 4. The Humanities And Public Service Broadcasting: A History Film Maker's View Michael Wood 5. From Roy Jenkins downwards: the historian/journalist and journalist/historian in 21st Century Britain Scott Anthony 6. The Return of National History Stefan Berger 7. History, Memory and Civic Education Françoise Vergès 8. "Different and Better Times"? History, Progress and Inequality Emily Robinson 9. Campaigning Histories Peter Yeandle 10. History, Science and Environment Policy Paul Warde 11. History and practitioners: the use of history by humanitarians and potential benefits of history to the humanitarian sector John Borton and Eleanor Davey 12. The Impact of the State Peter Mandler

"This book is history here, now and out loud. It buzzes, capturing the energy and discomforts of making history in a world where more is said about the past outside of universities than in."Marnie Hughes-Warrington, Australian National University, Australia"This is an original, timely and thought-provoking intervention into contemporary discussions on the 'impact' of academic history, and into broader debates about the value of the humanities. The editors have assembled a strong cast of contributors who write accessibly and authoritatively. Essential reading for anyone concerned with the future of history."Patrick Finney, Aberystwyth University, UK