The Use and Abuse of History; or How the Past is Taught to Children (Routledgeclassics)
Editorial Reviews
Review
Marc Ferro is remarkable in writing history enjoyed both by scholars and by people curious about the world in which they live and its past. He has explored everything from high politics to popular culture. His interests have taken him across narrow national boundaries and won him enthusiastic readers in many lands..
-Natalie Zemon Davis
The Use and Abuse of History ... has the singular effect of bringing into focus a dimension of historical awareness which is much more integral to the understanding of the contemporary world than we might have thought..
-The Times Literary Supplement
Part of the necessary function of history is that, in advancing understanding of the past, it challenges and deflates myths, while at the same time explaining their origins and significance. This is conclusively demonstrated in Marc Ferro's study of the way in which history is taught around the world..
-Arthur Marwick, author of The New Nature of History
Book Description
This is a book for anyone interested in history, what it is and where it comes from. Engaging and challenging, it confronts us with the many "histories" that exist and have existed around the world, from the Zulu kingdoms to Communist China. The Use and Abuse of History takes as its starting point the way history is taught to children. The different narratives that constitute the histories of countries as diverse as India, Iran, Trinidad and the United States make for fascinating reading in their own right. What makes this book so valuable, though, is what these narratives tell us about the societies which created them - how much is history distorted in order to condition the minds of those who are taught it? A pioneer in its field that has become a key text of contemporary historiography, this is a book that poses fundamental and disturbing questions about the use and abuse of history.
The Use and Abuse of History; or How the Past is Taught to Children (Routledgeclassics)
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