Heritage
18 Jul, 2002
940 History of Europe
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the role history and heritage have played in the formation of the British national identity. Historians have often maintained a guarded relationship with the so-called “heritage industry”, believing that it presents a distorted version of national life: a Merrie England that is politically acceptable and economically rewarding. History, in contrast, is held to reveal the truth about the past - objectively and scientifically. Our understanding of history changed since the 19th century and, as historians interpret our time and our society, so will our ideas of heritage and history.
Guests
- David Cannadine
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Director of the University of London's Institute of Historical Research - Miri Rubin
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Professor of European History at Queen Mary, University of London - Peter Mandler
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Fellow in History, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
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