The Use and Abuse of History : or How the Past is Taught to Children PDF
by Marc Ferro
Part of the Routledge Classics series
Description
A pioneer in its field that has become a key text of current historiography, this is a book that poses fundamental and disturbing questions about the use and abuse of history. Engaging and challenging, it confronts us with the many 'histories' that exist and have existed around the world, from the Zulu kingdoms to Communist China.
The Use and Abuse of History takes as its starting point the way history is taught to children. The different narratives that constitute the histories of countries as diverse as India, Iran, Trinidad and the United States make for fascinating reading in their own right. What makes this book so valuable, though, is what these narratives tell us about the societies which created them - how much is history distorted in order to condition the minds of those who are taught it?
This is a book for anyone interested in history, what it is and where it comes from.
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- Pages:416 pages
- Publisher:Taylor and Francis
- Publication Date:21/08/2003
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- ISBN:9780203425701
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:416 pages
- Publisher:Taylor and Francis
- Publication Date:21/08/2003
- Category:
- ISBN:9780203425701
