Review: Public History: An Introduction from Theory to Application, by Jennifer Lisa Koslow

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Book Review| August 01 2022 Review: Public History: An Introduction from Theory to Application, by Jennifer Lisa Koslow Public History: An Introduction from Theory to Application by Jennifer Lisa Koslow. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2021. 214 pp.; illustrations, notes, bibliography, index; paperback, $20.00. Nicole Neatby Nicole Neatby Saint Mary’s University Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar The Public Historian (2022) 44 (3): 183–185. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2022.44.3.183 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Nicole Neatby; Review: Public History: An Introduction from Theory to Application, by Jennifer Lisa Koslow. The Public Historian 1 August 2022; 44 (3): 183–185. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2022.44.3.183 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe Public Historian Search Considering how much the field of public history has expanded over the years, with over two hundred undergraduate and graduate programs offered in universities across North America, it is remarkable how few textbooks have been published to meet this ever-growing area of study. This is why Jennifer Lisa Koslow’s Public History: An Introduction from Theory to Application, is a welcome contribution. Although the publishers may have overstated the case that it “is the first text of its kind to offer both historical background…and instruction on current practices of public history,” it joins very thin ranks (quotation from the back cover). Other than Thomas Cauvin’s Public History: A Textbook of Practice (2016; second edition 2022), those who teach public history have mostly had to rely on edited collections or create course packs of their own. The reasons for this dearth of pedagogical material may have to do with the fact... You do not currently have access to this content.