‘True Biographies of Nations?’

'True Biographies of Nations?'
Author/editor: Fox, K.
Publisher: ANU Press
Year published: 2019
School/Centre: National Centre of Biography

Abstract

'True Biographies of Nations?': The Cultural Journeys of Dictionaries of National Biography 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.

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