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v . Contents , Maps, Illustrations, and Figures | vii Introduction | xi part one: The Truth of History: An Anthropological Approach to History as Public Knowledge Chapter One What Is Historia? From Oral History and Memory Studies to the Anthropology of History | 3 Chapter Two The Past of History: Valuing a Public Kind of Truth | 19 part two: Knowing History, Being Citizens of Towns Chapter Three Knowing History, Having Cultura, Being Citizens | 33 Chapter Four Skewing of History: Who Could Know History? | 47 Chapter Five Juggling Rooting and Cultura: Cosmopolitan Citizens | 61 part three: Other Histories: National History and the History of Virgins Chapter Six Towns and Nations: Different Histories, Different Citizenships | 81 Chapter Seven Histories of the Virgin: The Higher Ground of Secular History | 94 vi contents part four: Histories of History: Tracing History and Histories Back in Time Chapter Eight Shifts in History: How a History Changes over Time | 111 Chapter Nine A Successful History: What Did Not Change | 125 Chapter Ten The Success of History: How a Genre Prospers | 135 Epilogue: Citizenship Beyond the State? | 147 References | 151 Index | 161 ...

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