Constructing the Holocaust: a study in historiography
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Constructing the Holocaust: a study in historiography
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.5318072/0022
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]05617
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]London, England
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Vallentine Mitchell
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2003
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]308p.,index,bibliography
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Book
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]0853034788
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Examines the development of Holocaust historiography in the light of recent critical philosophy of history. It argues that the Holocaust provides both the occasion for, and the ultimate test of, new ways of giving meaning to the past. It also shows that examining our representations of the past is as important as archival research for understanding history