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History and the Media.(Book Review)

History Today,  August, 2004  by Snowman, Daniel

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Edited by David Cannadine

Palgrave MacMillan, 19.99 [pounds sterling] pp. 75; ISBN: 1-4039-2037-0

HISTORY, IF NOT QUITE the 'new rock-and-roll', certainly seems to be on a roll of a kind. Publishers and bookshops report rising sales of history books while the numbers pursuing family history, visiting heritage sites or joining re-enactment societies continue to grow. More people teach more history courses than ever before, while media executives continue to enthuse about history as a popular 'brand'. History, in its various manifestations, is ubiquitous and some of its ...

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