Processing the Past : Contesting Authority in History and the Archives (9780199964086)

Processing the Past explores the dramatic changes taking place in historical understanding and archival management and in the relations between historians and archivists. Written by an archivist and a historian, it shows how these changes have been brought on by new historical thinking, new conceptions of archives, changing notions of historical authority, modifications in archival practices, and new information technologies. The book situates archives as
subjects rather than places of study and examines the increasingly problematic relationships between historical and archival work. The authors contend that though historians and archivists once occupied the same conceptual and methodological space, they have divided into two separate professions with distinct
conceptual frameworks and understandings of the authorities that govern their work: historians now ask questions not easily answered by traditional documentation, and archivists confront the challenges of new technologies and increases in the amounts of material they process. Blouin and Rosenberg conclude by raising the question of what future historical archives might be like if historical scholars and archivists no longer understand each other.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 268 pages
• Dimensions 169 x 234 x 15mm | 388g
• Publication date 18 Dec 2012
• Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
• Publication City/Country New York, United States
• Language English
• Edition Statement Reprint
• ISBN10 0199964084
• ISBN13 9780199964086
• Bestsellers rank 519,248

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