Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Figures ; List of Tables ; Chapter 1: Introduction: Historical Cultures and Education in Transition; Historical Culture: Conceptualizing the Public Uses of History; The Appeal of the Nation in History Education of Postcolonial Societies; Reflections on History Learning and Teaching; Educational Resources: Trends in Curricula, Textbooks, Museums and New Media; Notes; References; Part I: Historical Culture: Conceptualizing the Public Uses of History.
Chapter 2: History Writing and Constructions of National Space: The Long Dominance of the National in Modern European HistoriographiesFinding the Universal in the National. History Writing in the Age of the Enlightenments; From Enlightened to Romantic Forms of History Writing; Increasing Professionalisation and Nationalisation of History Writing After 1850; The Highpoint of Historiographical Nationalism During the First Half of the Twentieth Century; Post-War: A Crisis of National History Writing in Europe?; The State of National History Writing After the End of the Cold War; Conclusion.
NotesReferences; Chapter 3: Historical Consciousness and Historical Thinking; Historical Consciousness; Historical Thinking; Historical Consciousness and Historical Thinking: How the Traditions Intersect; Historical Thinking and Historical Consciousness in Canada's Historical Thinking Project; Contemporary Challenges; Conclusion: Is Historical Consciousness a Thing of the Past?; References; Chapter 4: Historical Culture: A Concept Revisited; Historical Culture: The History of a Concept; Historical Culture: Three Levels of Analysis; Historical Narratives and Performances of the Past.
Mnemonic InfrastructuresUnderlying Conceptions of History; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 5: Historical Rights to Land: How Latin American States Made the Past Normative and What Happened to History and Historical Education as a Result; Historical Rights to Land: The Latin American Case; Border Conflicts and Historical Culture; Border Conflicts and the Teaching of History; Back to Historical Culture; Questioning the Relations Between History and Law; Notes; References; Chapter 6: 'The Times They Are a-Changin'. On Time, Space and Periodization in History.
History and Modernity: The Changing Relations Between Pasts, Presents and FuturesHistorians and Modern Times: Historicism and Modernity; Historical Times in Postmodernity; Historical Times and Periodization; Notes; References; Chapter 7: Democracy and History Museums. Museo de Amřica; Democracy and the Museum; Madrid's Museo de Amřica: Localization and Spatial Semantics; The Internal Semantics; Knowledge; The Reality of America; Society; Religion; Communication; Difference and Conflict at MAM; Notes; References; Chapter 8: Illustrating National History.

This volume comprises a broad interdisciplinary examination of the many different approaches by which contemporary scholars record our history. The editors provide a comprehensive overview through thirty-eight chapters divided into four parts: a) Historical Culture and Public Uses of History; b) The Appeal of the Nation in History Education of Postcolonial Societies; c) Reflections on History Learning and Teaching; d) Educational Resources: Curricula, Textbooks and New Media. This unique text integrates contributions of researchers from history, education, collective memory, museum studies, heritage, social and cognitive psychology, and other social sciences, stimulating an interdisciplinary dialogue. Contributors come from various countries of Northern and Southern America, Europe and Asia, providing an international perspective that does justice to the complexity of this field of study. The Palgrave Handbook of Research in Historical Culture and Education provides state-of-the-art research, focusing on how citizens and societies make sense of the past through different ways of representing it.