The uses and abuses of history
By: Margaret Macmillan
Publisher: Profile
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9781846682049
Subjects: History; Philosophy; Historiography; Decision making; Errors, inventions; Geschichtsfälschung; Geschichtsbild; Geschichtsschreibung; Geschiedenis; Geschiedschrijving; Misbruik; Historiografi; Historiefilosofi
Description: Abuses of history can have dire consequences - look at Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Margaret MacMillan's argument for why history matters shows how treating the past with respect can lead us to a better understanding with the present.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.