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050 00 $aD16.8$b.M251 2009
100 1 $aMacMillan, Margaret,$d1943-
240 10 $aUses and abuses of history
245 10 $aDangerous games :$bthe uses and abuses of history /$cMargaret MacMillan.
250 $a1st U.S. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bModern Library,$c2009, c2008.
300 $axi, 188 p. ;$c22 cm.
490 1 $aModern Library chronicles book
500 $aOriginally published : The uses and abuses of history. Toronto : Viking Canada, 2008.
500 $aBased on the Joanne Goodman lecture series of the University of Western Ontario.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [173]-175) and index.
520 $aExplores 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.
505 00 $tThe history craze --$tHistory for comfort --$tWho owns the past? --$tHistory and identity --$tHistory and nationalism --$tPresenting history's bill --$tHistory wars --$tHistory as a guide.
650 0 $aHistory$xPhilosophy.
650 0 $aHistoriography.
650 0 $aDecision making.
650 0 $aHistory$xErrors, inventions, etc.
830 0 $aModern Library chronicles.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0917/2009280952-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0917/2009280952-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0917/2009280952-s.html