'True biographies of nations?': the cultural journeys of dictionaries of national biography

Dictionaries of national biography are a long-established and significant genre of biographical and historical writing, existing in many forms across the globe. This book brings together practitioners from around the English-speaking world to reflect on national biographical dictionary projects'...

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Weitere Verfasser: Fox, Karen (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Acton ACT ANU Press [2019]
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Zusammenfassung:Dictionaries of national biography are a long-established and significant genre of biographical and historical writing, existing in many forms across the globe. This book brings together practitioners from around the English-speaking world to reflect on national biographical dictionary projects' recent cultural journeys, and the challenges presented to them by such developments as the transition to a digital environment, a new alertness to the need to represent diversity, and the rise of transnationalism. Exploring their paths forward, the chapters of this book collectively make a powerful argument for the continued value and importance of large-scale collaborative biographical dictionary research
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 229 Seiten)
ISBN:9781760462758
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