Robert Gildea 
What Is History For? [EPUB ebook] 

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“History”, suggests Robert Gildea, “is a battlefield.” Questions of power, rights, identity and nationhood always have an ancient and modern historical dimension and countries still go to war over their interpretation of history. Yet accounts of history are just as prone to fabrication as fake news, so how can we tell good history from bad? How can history be critical, learning from the past and righting wrongs, rather than divisive, such as riding roughshod over the rights of others?


In this passionately argued book, 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, among other developments. And he debunks claims that ‘you cannot rewrite history’, arguing that good history that’s attuned to its times must be rewritten time and again.

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Cuprins

1. Where Are We Now?

2. How Did We Get Here?

3. Where Do We Go From Here?

Despre autor

Robert Gildea is Professor Emeritus of Modern History at the University of Oxford, and a specialist on French and European history in the 19th and 20th centuries. In 2003 he won the Wolfson Prize for History.

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Limba Engleză ● Format EPUB ● Pagini 182 ● ISBN 9781529230529 ● Mărime fișier 2.0 MB ● Editura Bristol University Press ● Oraș Bristol ● Țară GB ● Publicat 2024 ● Ediție 1 ● Descărcabil 24 luni ● Valută EUR ● ID 9276799 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM
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