Dangerous games : the uses and abuses of history /
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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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Modern Library,
2009.
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
| Series: | Modern Library chronicles.
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| 100 | 1 | |a MacMillan, Margaret, |d 1943- | |
| 240 | 1 | 0 | |a Uses and abuses of history |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Dangerous games : |b the uses and abuses of history / |c Margaret MacMillan. |
| 250 | |a 1st U.S. ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Modern Library, |c 2009. | ||
| 300 | |a xi, 188 p. ; |c 22 cm. | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a Modern Library chronicles book | |
| 500 | |a Originally published : The uses and abuses of history. Toronto : Viking Canada, 2008. | ||
| 500 | |a Based on the Joanne Goodman lecture series of the University of Western Ontario. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-175) and index. | ||
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t The history craze -- |t History for comfort -- |t Who owns the past? -- |t History and identity -- |t History and nationalism -- |t Presenting history's bill -- |t History wars -- |t History as a guide. |
| 650 | 0 | |a History |x Philosophy. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Historiography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Decision making. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a History |x Errors, inventions, etc. | |
| 830 | 0 | |a Modern Library chronicles. | |
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