Matthew Roberts, ed., Memory and Modern British Politics: Commemoration, Tradition, Legacy
With this wide-ranging collection of eleven case-studies spanning three centuries, editor Matthew Roberts wishes to demonstrate that memory—a “portmanteau term” used here to broadly designate the “political uses of the past” (3, 1) —is at least as ubiquitous and as potent a force in British politic...
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
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E-rea
2025
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| Acceso en línea: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumario: | With this wide-ranging collection of eleven case-studies spanning three centuries, editor Matthew Roberts wishes to demonstrate that memory—a “portmanteau term” used here to broadly designate the “political uses of the past” (3, 1) —is at least as ubiquitous and as potent a force in British political culture as scholarship has shown it to be in continental and North American political cultures (1-2). This claim is largely substantiated by the chapters that follow, which, though carelessly pr... |
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