'True Biographies of Nations?': The Cultural Journeys of Dictionaries of National Biography (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781760462741)

Dictionaries of national biography are a long-established and significant genre of biographical and historical writing, existing in many forms across the globe. This book brings together practitioners from around the English-speaking world to reflect on national biographical dictionary projects' recent cultural journeys, and the challenges presented to them by such developments as the transition to a digital environment, a new alertness to the need to represent diversity, and the rise of transnationalism. Exploring their paths forward, the chapters of this book collectively make a powerful argument for the continued value and importance of large-scale collaborative biographical dictionary research.

Author: Karen Fox
ISBN-10: 1760462748
ISBN-13: 9781760462741
Publisher: Anu Press
Language: English
Published: 04/17/2019
Pages: 238
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.02w x 0.65d