The uses and abuses of history
By: Margaret MacMillan
Publisher: Penguin Canada
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9780143054788
Subjects: Historiography; Errors, inventions; Philosophy; Politieke kwesties; Misbruik; Histoire; Nationalisme; Historiographie; Prise de decision; Erreurs, inventions; Geschiedenis; Historische argumenten; Philosophie; Decision making; History
Description: The author is fascinated by the power of history in our thinking. She identifies some of the traps we fall into when assessing the present light of historical events.
Notes: "Based on the Joanne Goodman Lecture Series of the University of Western Ontario".

Includes bibliographical references: p. 189-192.
Table of contents: title: The history craze; title: History for comfort; title: Who owns the past?; title: History and identity; title: History and nationalism; title: Presenting history's bill; title: History wars; title: History as a guide and friend.