Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

History

Name: History
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ISBN: 9781509525539

By Lynn Hunt

4 Ratings • 4.5 of 5

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About the book

We justify our actions in the present through our understanding of the past. But we live in a time when politicians lie brazenly about historical facts and meddle with the content of history books, while media differ wildly in their reporting of the same event. Frequently, new discoveries force us to re-evaluate everything we thought we knew about the past.So how can any certainty about history be established, and why does it matter? Lynn Hunt shows why the search for truth about the past, as a ...Show more

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9781509525539

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Polity Press

Published year

2018

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History

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Hardcover

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