Since the turn of the twenty-first century, family history is the place where two great oceans of research are meeting: family historians outside the academy, w

This collection is about the emerging relationship between family history and the discipline of history, and the potential of each to revitalise the other. How

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Family history is one of the most widely practiced forms of public history around the globe, especially in settler migrant nations like Australia and Canada. It

An authoritative overview of the developing field of public history reflecting theory and practice around the globe This unique reference guides readers through