This volume critically examines sources of evidence and material from the archive that historically have been used to tell southern Africa’s pre-colonial stor

Archives of Times Past' explores particular sources of evidence on southern Africa's time before the colonial era. It gathers recent ideas about archives and ar

A study of the Saudi Arabian monarchy’s efforts to construct and disseminate a historical narrative to legitimize its rule. The production of history is premi

Processing the Past explores the dramatic changes taking place in historical understanding and archival management, and hence the relations between historians a

On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest other volumes of a distinctly strange and grisly sort: those boun