Family history, historical consciousness and citizenship : a new social history /
Family history is one of the most widely practiced forms of public history around the globe, especially in settler migrant nations like Australia and Canada. It empowers millions of researchers, linking the past to the present in powerful ways, transforming individuals' understandings of themse...
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
[2022].
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| Series: | New directions in social and cultural history
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The origins and practice of family history in Australia, Britain and Canada
- 'Giving Little People a Voice': Family historians, the 'new social history' and public history
- 'She told me I had destroyed her memories': How family historians work with memory
- It 'makes me come alive': The emotional impact of family history
- 'Random acts of genealogical kindness': How family historians share their knowledge and break down national boundaries
- 'I'm much more empathetic now': Family history, historical thinking and the construction of empathy
- 'I don't want my life to mean nothing': The future of family history.