The essays assembled here represent forty years of reflection about the European cultural past by an eminent historian. The volume concentrates on the Renaissan

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In this volume, scholars of history, archaeology and anthropology explore the located and contextual nature of historical narratives, analysing contested histor

A comparative study of Latin American and North American fiction.

Moeller conveys the complicated story of how West Germans recast the past after the Second World War. He demonstrates the 'selective remembering' that took plac