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Gildea suggests that the more people who really understand what good history entails, the more likely history is to triumph over myth. He sees positive signs in public history, citizen historians and community projects, debunking claims that ‘you cannot rewrite history’, arguing that good history that’s attuned to its times must be rewritten.
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What Is History For?, Robert Gildea
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- Title
- What Is History For?
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Robert Gildea
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Publisher
- 2024
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 1529230519
- ISBN13
- 9781529230512
- Category
- Social sciences, History
- Description
- Gildea suggests that the more people who really understand what good history entails, the more likely history is to triumph over myth. He sees positive signs in public history, citizen historians and community projects, debunking claims that ‘you cannot rewrite history’, arguing that good history that’s attuned to its times must be rewritten.