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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.

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Language
English
Pages
194

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Subjects
History, Philosophy, Historiography, Decision making, Errors, inventions, Geschichtsfälschung, Geschichtsbild, Geschichtsschreibung, Geschiedenis, Geschiedschrijving, Misbruik, Historiografi, Historiefilosofi, History, philosophy

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Table of Contents

The history craze
History for comfort
Who owns the past?
History and identity
History and nationalism
Presenting history's bill
History wars
History as a guide.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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London

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Dewey Decimal Class
901
Library of Congress
D16.8 .M251 2009, D16.8

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Pagination
xiii, 194 pages
Number of pages
194

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL37065862M
Internet Archive
usesabusesofhist0000macm_y2u8
ISBN 10
1846682045
ISBN 13
9781846682049
OCLC/WorldCat
300403705

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