What is Public History

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents IX
4. What is Public History 1
5. Public History in the Classroom
6. Public History and the School Curriculum: Two South African Case Studies 41
7. Learning, and Understanding of Public History as Part of the Professional Historical Education at German Universities 55
8. The Private Use of Public History and its Effects on the Classroom 69
9. Teaching, Learning, and Understanding of Public History in Schools as Challenge for Students and Teachers 84
10. School as an Institution of Public History
11. Imagining the Nation throughout School History Master Narratives 97
12. The German Federal President History Competition. A Public History Occasion 109
13. Public Historians in the Classroom 121
14. History Politics, School, Public History
15. History Teaching in the Focus of the Swiss People’s Party – The way Policies Take Influence on Schools, too 137
16. National Integration and the Idea of “Zweckrationalität” 152
17. If They are Taxi Drivers – What Are We? Archives and Schools 162
18. Professional Identity and the Public Purposes of History 175
19. The Future of Public History – What Shall We Teach Perspectively?
20. The Future of Public History – What Shall We Teach Perceptively: Russian Situation 189
21. The Future of Public History – What Shall We Teach Prospectively? Remarks and Considerations 202
22. The Politics of Public History Education 207
23. About the Authors 213
24. Index 215