Driven by the increasing importance of discussions around 'impact' and its meaning and implications for history, The Impact of History? brings together established and new voices who open up questions and raise issues and controversies for discussion. The chapters are articulated around the themes of the publics of history, the politics of history, the role of history in the shaping of learning and the situation of history in the changing world of education. Bringing together leading authors from a wide range of fields, The Impact of History? is an accessible and engaging yet polemical and thought-provoking overview of the role of history in contemporary society.

List of figures. List of tables. Preface and Acknowledgements. List of contributors. 1. History in Public? Historians in the Age of Impact Bertrand Taithe and Pedro Ramos Pinto 2. The Genealogy Boom: Inheritance, Family History, and the Popular Historical Imagination Jerome de Groot 3. History 2.0: History, Publics and New Technologies Toby Butler 4. The Humanities And Public Service Broadcasting: A History Film Maker's View Michael Wood 5. From Roy Jenkins downwards: the historian/journalist and journalist/historian in 21st Century Britain Scott Anthony 6. The Return of National History Stefan Berger 7. History, Memory and Civic Education Françoise Vergès 8. "Different and Better Times"? History, Progress and Inequality Emily Robinson 9. Campaigning Histories Peter Yeandle 10. History, Science and Environment Policy Paul Warde 11. History and practitioners: the use of history by humanitarians and potential benefits of history to the humanitarian sector John Borton and Eleanor Davey 12. The Impact of the State Peter Mandler