True Biographies Of Nations: The Cultural Journeys Of Dictionaries Of National Biography (Anu Lives Series In Biography)

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
• | Publisher: Anu Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 17, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 238 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1760462748
• | ISBN-13: 9781760462741