Dangerous games : the uses and abuses of history / Margaret MacMillan.
| Author/creator | MacMillan, Margaret, 1943- |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st U.S. ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Modern Library, 2009, ©2008. |
| Description | xi, 188 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Uses and abuses of history |
| Series | Modern Library chronicles book Modern Library chronicles. ^A461092 |
| Contents | The history craze -- History for comfort -- Who owns the past? -- History and identity -- History and nationalism -- Presenting history's bill -- History wars -- History as a guide. |
| Abstract | Explores the ways in which history has been used to influence people and government, focusing on how reportage of past events has been manipulated to justify religious movements and political campaigns. |
| Abstract | This book explores the many ways in which history -- its values and dangers -- affects us all, including how it is used and abused. The author reveals how a deeper engagement with history in our private lives and, more important, in the sphere of public debate can guide us to a richer, more enlightened existence, as individuals and nations. --from publisher description |
| General note | Originally published : The uses and abuses of history. Toronto : Viking Canada, 2008. |
| General note | Based on the Joanne Goodman lecture series of the University of Western Ontario. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-175) and index. |
| ISBN | 9780679643586 : |
| ISBN | 0679643583 : |