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Public History in Ireland: Difficult Histories

Public History in Ireland: Difficult Histories

Hannan, Leonie
Purdue, Olwen

Hardcover

Series: Global Perspectives on Public History

General World HistoryHistoriographyIrish History

ISBN10: 1032110597
ISBN13: 9781032110592
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 28 2024
Pages: 228
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Through a collection of essays that reflect the complexity of the island's historical past as it operates today, Public History in Ireland delivers a scholarly yet accessible introduction to contemporary topics and debates in Irish public history.

Despite the reputation that Ireland, both north and south, has gained as a place of contestation, this is the first book-length study to tackle its diverse and often 'difficult' public histories. Public History in Ireland offers examples drawn not only from museums, heritage and collections, prime mediators of public historical interpretation, but also from the work of artists and academics. It considers the silences in Ireland's history-telling, including those of the recent conflict in Northern Ireland and of the traumatic public discoveries and re-evaluations of the island's institutions of social control. The book's key message is that history is active, making itself felt in ongoing debates about heritage, identity, nationhood, post-conflict society and reparative justice. It shows that Irish public history is freighted and often fraught with jeopardy, but as such it is rich with insight that has relevance far beyond this island's shores.

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