Despite the growing interest in general European history, the European dimension is surprisingly absent from the writing of contemporary history. In most countr

Reveals and analyzes how Peru's military elite have engaged in a cultural campaign--via memoirs, novels, films, museums--to shift public memory and debate about

Despite the interest in general European history, the European dimension is surprisingly absent from much of the writing of contemporary history. In most countr

States of Memory illuminates the construction of national memory from a comparative perspective. The essays collected here emphasize that memory itself has a hi

Conflicting Memories is a study of historical rewriting about Tibetans' encounter with the Chinese state during the Maoist era. Combining case studies with tran