Table of Contents

Part 1: The Popular Past: Making Use of Pre-History 1. Narratives of Human Evolution and the Natural History Museum Peter Crawley 2. Vikings and Donald Duck Alex Service 3. Anarchy and Order - Re-inventing the Medieval in Contemporary Popular Narrative Harry Ziegler 4. Nasty Histories - Medievalism and Horror John Arnold 5. The Media Iconicity of Diana, Princess of Wales Jude Davies Part 2: The Personal Past: Your Granny had one of those 6. How Visitors Use Museum Collections Christine Johnstone 7. Monuments and Memory - The Great War Angela Gaggney 8. Psychoanalysis and Marxism in the Making of Self - Memory vs History Allegra Madgwick 9. "We wish he had been a better poet and a manlier fellow..." - Frederick Furnivall's Thomas Hoccleve Antonia Ward Part 3: The Political Past: Medievalism and the Ideology of Industrialism 10. Representations of the Middle Ages in French Illustrated Magazines of the July Monarchy Michael Glencross 11. "Braveheart" - More than just "Pulp Fiction" Fiona Watson 12. The Hungriest Narrative - Devouring Mother Ireland Kathy Cremin 13. In Search of Englishness - In Search of Votes Sophie Breese 14. Stewardship, Sanctimony and Selfishness - A Heritage Paradox David Lowenthal Part 4: The Professional Past: Sir Charles Peers and After 15. From Frozen Monuments to Fluid Landscapes Keith Emerick 16. Transports of Delight? - Making and Consuming Histories at the National Railway Museum Colin Duvall 17. Issues of National Identity and the School Curriculum in Scotland Sydney Wood 18. Contesting the Past, Constructing the Future - History, Identity and Politics in Schools Robert Phillips 19. Truth, Ethics and Imagination - Thoughts on the Purpose of History David Andress

About the Author

John Arnold has studied and taught at the Centre for Medieval Studies, and the Department of History at the University of York. He now lectures in the School of History at the University of East Anglia. His future projects include publication on medieval and contemporary topics, and the philosophy of history. Kate Davies has taught at the University of Sheffield and at York since 1999. She specialises in American and British women's writing, and the literature of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Atlantic. Simon Ditchfield is a Reader in the History Department at the University of York. His research interests all relate to perceptions and uses of the past in previous societies

Reviews

...can be recommended as an ideal introduction for Building conservation practitioners to the broader issues and philosophies generated by the heritage at large. RICS Conservation Journal