Owning Memory: How a Caribbean Community Lost Its Archives and Found Its History

Author:   Jeannette A. Bastian
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:  

9780313320088


Pages:   120
Publication Date:   30 August 2003
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Jeannette A. Bastian
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Libraries Unlimited Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.284kg
ISBN:  

9780313320088


ISBN 10:   031332008
Pages:   120
Publication Date:   30 August 2003
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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?this book should be well positioned among others that investigate collective memory and the forces that shape it. It is a welcome addition to the archival literature and...reinforces the concept of archives as essential keepers and transmitters of memory and vital...for their contribution to the construction of individual and collective identity.?-Library Quarterly


"?this book should be well positioned among others that investigate collective memory and the forces that shape it. It is a welcome addition to the archival literature and...reinforces the concept of archives as essential keepers and transmitters of memory and vital...for their contribution to the construction of individual and collective identity.?-Library Quarterly ?[A]n excellent job of discussing the philosophical questions concerning a communitiyy's records, the interplay of documentary history and oral history, the methods of professional and lay historians, and the technical problems of ownership, custody, and provenance.?-College & Research Libraries ""�A�n excellent job of discussing the philosophical questions concerning a communitiyy's records, the interplay of documentary history and oral history, the methods of professional and lay historians, and the technical problems of ownership, custody, and provenance.""-College & Research Libraries ""[A]n excellent job of discussing the philosophical questions concerning a communitiyy's records, the interplay of documentary history and oral history, the methods of professional and lay historians, and the technical problems of ownership, custody, and provenance.""-College & Research Libraries ""this book should be well positioned among others that investigate collective memory and the forces that shape it. It is a welcome addition to the archival literature and...reinforces the concept of archives as essential keepers and transmitters of memory and vital...for their contribution to the construction of individual and collective identity.""-Library Quarterly"


this book should be well positioned among others that investigate collective memory and the forces that shape it. It is a welcome addition to the archival literature and...reinforces the concept of archives as essential keepers and transmitters of memory and vital...for their contribution to the construction of individual and collective identity. -Library Quarterly [A]n excellent job of discussing the philosophical questions concerning a communitiyy's records, the interplay of documentary history and oral history, the methods of professional and lay historians, and the technical problems of ownership, custody, and provenance. -College & Research Libraries A n excellent job of discussing the philosophical questions concerning a communitiyy's records, the interplay of documentary history and oral history, the methods of professional and lay historians, and the technical problems of ownership, custody, and provenance. -College & Research Libraries ?[A]n excellent job of discussing the philosophical questions concerning a communitiyy's records, the interplay of documentary history and oral history, the methods of professional and lay historians, and the technical problems of ownership, custody, and provenance.?-College & Research Libraries ?this book should be well positioned among others that investigate collective memory and the forces that shape it. It is a welcome addition to the archival literature and...reinforces the concept of archives as essential keepers and transmitters of memory and vital...for their contribution to the construction of individual and collective identity.?-Library Quarterly


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JEANNETTE ALLIS BASTIAN currently teaches and directs the Archives Management Program in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College. From 1987 to 1998 she was director of the Territorial Libraries and Archives of the United States Virgin Islands.

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