History education and the construction of national identities

• Other Authors: Carretero, Mario (Editor), Asensio, Mikel (Editor), Rodríguez Moneo, María (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Pub., [2012]
• Series: International review of history education.
• Subjects: History > Study and teaching.; Nationalism and historiography.; National characteristics.; Historicism.; Education > History.; Teaching of a specific subject.; History of education.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806614639
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-61735-937-8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 359 pages)

How is history represented? As just a record of the past, as a part of a present identity or as future goals? This book explores how historical contents and narratives are presented in school textbooks and other cultural productions (museums, monuments, etc) and also how they are understood by stude...