false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255732689m/6122640.jpg 3272163 5 3308347 15 4 2008 The Uses And Abuses Of History total:52|5:5|4:14|3:21|2:11|1:1| 52 167 212 30 3 3 false false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 16:32:27 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 16:09:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 22:03:19 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 22:52:27 -0700 2009 Paris 1919 – and was almost immediately disappointed by a style crafted to offend and interest no one. In the spiky sub-genre of the "uses and abuses of ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 06:22:24 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 10:55:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 14:10:50 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 16:21:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 16:30:52 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 16:38:24 -0700 2009 If the study of history does nothing more than teach us humility, skepticism, and awareness of ourselves, then it has done something useful. We must continue to examine our own assumptions and those of others and ask, where's the evidence? Or, is there another explanation? We should be wary of g...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 30 11:27:12 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 11:27:12 -0700 2009 Dangerous Ga...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 11:06:21 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 11:11:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 13:58:10 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 13:54:20 -0700 2009
Starts out discussing these characteristics of bad history:
1. tells only part of a complex story
2. claims knowledge it could not have (e.g., people's thoughts)
3. demands too much of protago...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 16:23:15 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 21:04:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 10:39:32 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 11:22:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jun 08 07:54:12 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 07:54:12 -0700 2009 The Guardian: "Macmillan is a distinguished historian who has written illuminatingly on topics as diverse as the 1919 Paris peace conference and Nixon in China. Perhaps more unusually she is also a gifted writer, and her account of the various uses of history is wonderfully accessible. Her mess...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 18:00:34 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 16:15:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 21 11:51:29 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 11:57:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 19:35:08 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 09:36:47 -0700 2009
At the end of the...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 11:37:44 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 11:39:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 14:30:27 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 14:35:52 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 08:09:17 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 07:26:56 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Aug 14 15:04:45 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 15:06:09 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 08:21:58 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 16:01:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 13:33:03 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 13:34:22 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6122640