Processing the past : contesting authority in history and the archives / Francis X. Blouin Jr., William G. Rosenberg.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Blouin, Francis X.
Other Authors:	Rosenberg, William G.
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:	Archives > Methodology. Archives > Technological innovations. History > Methodology. Historiography. Information resources management. Knowledge management.
Physical Description:	x, 257 pages
Format:	Book

Contents:

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.