What Is History, Now?

Name: What Is History, Now?
Brand: Hachette UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Suzannah Lipscomb
ISBN: 9781474622493

Author: Suzannah Lipscomb, Helen Carr

Narrator: Helen Carr, Peter Kenny, Sara Powell, Suzannah Lipscomb

Unabridged: 9 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Published: 09/23/2021

Categories: Nonfiction, History, Education

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

This groundbreaking new collection addresses the burning issue of how we interpret history today. What stories are told, and by whom, who should be celebrated, and what rewritten, are questions that have been asked recently not just within the history world, but by all of us. Featuring a diverse mix of writers, both bestselling names and emerging voices, this is the history book we need NOW.

WHAT IS HISTORY, NOW? covers topics such as the history of racism and anti-racism, queer history, the history of faith, the history of disability, environmental history, escaping imperial nostalgia, hearing women's voices and 'rewriting' the past. The list of contributors includes: Justin Bengry, Leila K Blackbird, Emily Brand, Gus Casely-Hayford, Sarah Churchwell, Caroline Dodds Pennock, Peter Frankopan, Bettany Hughes, Dan Hicks, Onyeka Nubia, Islam Issa, Maya Jasanoff, Rana Mitter, Charlotte Riley, Miri Rubin, Simon Schama, Alex von Tunzelmann and Jaipreet Virdi.

About Suzannah Lipscomb

Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is an award-winning historian, author, and broadcaster. She is Professor of History at the University of Roehampton, a Fellow of the Royal Historical History, and a columnist for History Today. She is the author of five books on the sixteenth century and has written and hosted over 40 hours of historical documentaries for TV.

About Helen Carr

Helen Carr is a medieval historian, documentary history producer and is currently researching her PhD in emotional history. Helen is the author of The Red Prince, a biography of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, and regular contributor for BBC History Magazine and the New Statesman. Helen produces and presents the podcast, Hidden Histories. E.H. Carr was her great-grandfather.

About Peter Kenny

As both actor and singer, PETER KENNY has worked widely in theatre and broadcasting, appearing with, amongst others, the Royal Shakespeare Company, A&BC, Coventry Belgrade, and the BBC Radio Repertory Company. He is a prolific audiobook reader and his titles include The Wasp Factory and Look To Windward by Iain Banks, and The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Marc

This book presents itself as an update of the famous book by E.H. Carr, What Is History? from 1961. The compiler Helen is a great-granddaughter of the British diplomat-historian. She makes no secret of the fact that this is also a tribute to her ancestor. The book offers about 20 short chapters that......more

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What is History, Now? demonstrates how our constructs of the past are woven into our modern world and culture, and offers us an illuminating handbook to understanding this dynamic and shape-shifting subject. A thought-provoking, insightful and necessary re-examination of the subject for all students and lovers of history, which brings the past into the present Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five

The importance of history is becoming more evident every day, and this humane book is an essential navigation tool. Urgent and utterly compelling Sathnam Sanghera, author of Empireland

Important and exciting Kate Williams, author of Rival Queens

THE history book for now. This is why and how historians do what they do. And why they need to. Dan Snow

Engaging and personal Spectator

A timely collection, varied and thought-provoking New Statesman

What is excellent about this collection is the passion with which it champions pluralism of historical study, as well as the sheer quality of the writing... the essays in this collection are models of lucidity and literary skill. The Critic

Simple yet intellectually sharp . . . The new volume is an active realization of the trajectory Carr proposes in What is History?, a filling of the archival gaps Retrospect Journal

I recommend this book for tutors seeking to provoke critical thinking in their students or general readers . . . Ultimately, Lipscomb and Carr's editing shows diversity in history. It is contentious, diverse, intimate, and public, a space that contains gatekeepers and anarchists Australian Policy and History

Fascinating BBC History Magazine