Use and Abuse of History Or How the Past Is Taught to Children

Name: Use and Abuse of History Or How the Past Is Taught to Children
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ISBN: 9780415285926

ISBN-10: 0415285925

ISBN-13: 9780415285926

Edition: 2nd 2003 (Revised)

Authors: Marc Ferro

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For anyone interested in history, what it is and where it comes from. This book examines the way history is taught to children and considers the different narratives that constitute the histories of countries as diverse as India, Iran, Trinidad and the United States.

Book details

List price: $25.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 10/17/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 5.04" wide x 7.76" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface to the Routledge Classics Edition


Preface


Foreword to the 1992 Edition


Acknowledgments



'White History', a Vestige: Johannesburg



'Decolonized History': Black Africa



Some Remarks on a Variant: Trinidad and the Exorcist Reaction



India: History Without Identity



The History of Islam or the History of the Arabs



The Persian and Turkish Variants



From Christ the King to the Nation-State: History in European Eyes



Aspects and Variations of Soviet History



History: the Safeguard of National Identity in Armenia



History in Profile: Poland



A Note on the History of China



History in Japan: a Code or an Ideology?



Deconstructing 'White History': the Usa



'Forbidden History': Chicanos and Aborigines



Analysis of a Crisis: 1939-1945 Revisited


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index