Past mistakes : how we misinterpret history and why it matters / David Mountain.
Past mistakes : how we misinterpret history and why it matters / David Mountain.
Past mistakes : how we misinterpret history and why it matters / David Mountain.
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London : Icon, 2020.
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G 2020/4764
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English
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341 pages ; 23 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction: Blue beards and white power -- 1. The false dawn of civilisation -- 2. Pythagoras and the cult of personality -- 3. Barbarians, Vandals and other victims of slander -- 4. Light in the Dark Ages -- 5. Columbus didn't discover America -- 6. The real housewives of the 18th century -- 7. H...
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Publisher
London : Icon, 2020.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
Our museums are full of pure white Classical sculptures. Over the years, we've ignored evidence that they were originally painted bright colours, restoring' sculptures to a gleaming white and becoming heated about the very idea of a lick of paint. Why? Because the stories we tell about our past affect how we see ourselves today. Just one wrong turn...
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Past mistakes : how we misinterpret history and why it matters / David Mountain.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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©2020
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G 2020/4764
Record Identifier
74VKaJJzxN43
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaJJzxN43
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ISBN
1785786628
9781785786624
DDC
909
MMS ID
991024369516602626
