Authoritative history and authoritative archives -- The turn away from historical authority in the archives-- Archival authorities and new technologies -- The turn away from archival authority in history -- Archival essentialism and the archival divide -- The social memory problem -- Contested archives, contested sources -- The archivist as activist in the production of (historical) knowledge -- Rethinking archival politics : trust, truth, and the law -- Archives and the cyberinfrastructure -- Can archives and history reconnect : bridging the archival divide
Summary
This lively book explores the changes taking place in history and the archives as a result of new concepts, practices, and technologies. Among other issues, it raises the question of what future historical archives will be like if scholars and archivists cannot understand each others' work
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-242) and index
