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The histories of Raphael Samuel : a portrait of a people's historian /

In the first integrated biographical study of his work, this book situates British historian Raphael Samuel (1934--1996) in relation to his distinctive form of activist politics as they developed from youthful Cold War communism to the first British New Left, 1960s radicalism to the 1980s history wa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scott-Brown, Sophie (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: Australian National University Press
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press, 2017.
Colección:ANU.Lives series in biography.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In the first integrated biographical study of his work, this book situates British historian Raphael Samuel (1934--1996) in relation to his distinctive form of activist politics as they developed from youthful Cold War communism to the first British New Left, 1960s radicalism to the 1980s history wars. As the catalyst behind the History Workshop movement, Samuel championed the democratisation of history-making and practised an eclectic form of people's history in his own work. His unique approach was controversial, drawing impassioned responses from across the ideological spectrum, the most sustained critique often coming from his left-wing contemporaries. It is argued here that this compelling figure has been unjustly neglected and that he continues to offer important insights into the politics of history-making in a post-Marxist world.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (ix, 265 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-265).
ISBN:9781760460372
1760460370
Acceso:Open Access