The History Question: Who Owns the Past?; Quarterly Essay 23
(Book #23 in the Quarterly Essay Series)
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In The History Question, Inga Clendinnen looks past the skirmishes and pitched battles of the history wars and asks what's at stake - what kind of history do we want and need? Should our historians be producing the "objective record of achievement" that the Prime Minister has called for? For Clendinnen, historians cannot be the midwives of national identity and also be true to their profession: history cannot do the work of myth. For Clendinnen,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1863952543
ISBN13:9781863952545
Release Date:September 2006
Publisher:Quarterly Essay
Length:120 Pages
Weight:0.45 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 6.7" x 9.6"
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