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What Is History For?.

De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2024 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Gildea, Robert, author.
Series:
What Is It For?
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Historiography.
History--Philosophy.
History.
Bristol (Ind.)--History.
Bristol (Ind.).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (183 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2024.
Summary:
No detailed description available for "What Is History For?".
Contents:
Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Figures and Boxes
Preface: Snails in the Tank
1. Where Are We Now?
Myth-making and myth-busting
Controlling the narrative
History and identity
2. How Did We Get Here?
Appealing to the mythical past
Historians and myth
History and power: the struggle for legitimacy
Whose history is it anyway? History and identity
3. Where Do We Go From Here?
Working through
Who writes history?
Notes
Further Reading
Index.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
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Other Format:
Print version: Gildea, Robert What Is History For?
ISBN:
1-5292-3053-5

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