The uses and abuses of history
by Margaret Olwen Macmillan
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The author is fascinated by the power of history in our thinking. She identifies some of the traps we fall into when assessing the present light of historical events.
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The Uses and Abuses of History
2009, PENGUIN GROUP (CANADA)
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0143175254 9780143175254
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"Based on the Joanne Goodman Lecture Series of the University of Western Ontario".
Includes bibliographical references: p. 189-192.
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History can be a very useful tool in understanding why we and those we must deal with think and react in certain ways. But in the wrong hands it can be dangerous and used to foster a sense of grievance or a desire for revenge. Eminent historian Margaret MacMillan is fascinated by the power of history in our thinking. In The Uses and Abuses of History, she points out some of the traps that we can fall into when assessing the present in light of the past.
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