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oapen-20.500.12657-251052022-04-26T12:22:30Z True Biographies of Nations? Fox, Karen National biography dictionary bic Book Industry Communication::B Biography & True Stories::BG Biography: general Dictionaries of national biography are a long-established and significant genre of biographical and historical writing, existing in many forms across the globe. This book 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. 2019-05-20 13:47:49 2020-04-01T10:26:57Z 2020-04-01T10:26:57Z 2019 book 1004987 OCN: 1126204218 9781760462741 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25105 eng application/pdf n/a true biographies.pdf https://press.anu.edu.au/publications/series/anu-lives-series-biography/true-biographies-nations ANU Press 10.22459/TBN.2019 10.22459/TBN.2019 ddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71 9781760462741 238 open access
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Dictionaries of national biography are a long-established and significant genre of biographical and historical writing, existing in many forms across the globe. This book 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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