The ever-changing past : why all history is revisionist history /

"History is not, and has never been, inert, certain, merely factual, and beyond reinterpretation. Taking readers from Thucydides to the origin of the French Revolution to the Civil War and beyond, James M. Banner, Jr. explores what historians do and why they do it. Banner shows why historical k...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Banner, James M., Jr., 1935- (Auteur)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2021]
Accès en ligne:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2746724
Table des matières:
  • Revisions without end: the origins of the American Civil War
  • The ancient origins of revisionist history
  • Revisionist history in the modern era
  • Varieties of revisionist history
  • Some fruits of revisionist history
  • History and objectivity.