What is history for?
Gildea suggests that the more people who really understand what good history entails, the more likely history is to triumph over myth. He sees positive signs in public history, citizen historians and community projects, debunking claims that 'you cannot rewrite history', arguing that good...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Bristol : Bristol University Press,
2024
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| Ausgabe: | 1st ed. |
| Schlagworte: | Historiography History Histoire - Philosophie |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (183 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Gildea suggests that the more people who really understand what good history entails, the more likely history is to triumph over myth. He sees positive signs in public history, citizen historians and community projects, debunking claims that 'you cannot rewrite history', arguing that good history that's attuned to its times must be rewritten. 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. |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (183 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781529230536 1529230535 9781529230512 1529230519 |