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1. Public and Popular History

   Edited by Jerome De Groot

   This interdisciplinary collection considers public and popular history within a global framework, seeking to understand considerations of local, domestic histories and the ways they interact with broader discourses. Grounded in particular local and national situations, the book addresses the issues...

   Published June 6th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Historical Novel

   By Jerome de Groot

   Series: The New Critical Idiom

   The historical novel is an enduringly popular genre that raises crucial questions about key literary concepts, fact and fiction, identity, history, reading, and writing. In this comprehensive, focused guide, Jerome de Groot offers an accessible introduction to the genre and critical debates that...

   Published September 23rd 2009 by Routledge
3. Consuming History

   Historians and Heritage in Contemporary Popular Culture

   By Jerome de Groot

   Non-academic history – ‘public history’ – is a complex, dynamic entity which impacts on the popular understanding of the past at all levels. In Consuming History, Jerome de Groot examines how society consumes history and how a reading of this consumption can help us understand popular culture and...

   Published October 19th 2008 by Routledge