Dangerous games : the uses and abuses of history / Margaret MacMillan.
Dangerous games : the uses and abuses of history / Margaret MacMillan.
Dangerous games : the uses and abuses of history / Margaret MacMillan.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Modern Library, 2009, c2008.
Uniform title
Date
2009, c2008.
Call Numbers
N901/491
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xi, 188 p. ; 22 cm.
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.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Modern Library, 2009, c2008.
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2009, c2008.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Explores the ways in which history has been used to influence people and government, focusing on how reportage of past events has been manipulated to justify religious movements and political campaigns.
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Dangerous games : the uses and abuses of history / Margaret MacMillan.
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Notes
General note
Modern Library chronicles book.
Originally published : The uses and abuses of history. Toronto : Viking Canada, 2008.
Based on the Joanne Goodman lecture series of the University of Western Ontario.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-175) and index.
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N901/491
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74Vv7ZXBrJJX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv7ZXBrJJX
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ISBN
0679643583 :
9780679643586 :
DDC
901
MMS ID
991008646649702626
