Nationalizing the Past

Nationalizing the Past
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 546
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ISBN-10 : 9780230292505
ISBN-13 : 023029250X
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Download or read book Nationalizing the Past written by S. Berger and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-19 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians traditionally claim to be myth-breakers, but national history since the nineteenth century shows quite a record in myth-making. This exciting new volume compares how national historians in Europe have handled the opposing pulls of fact and fiction and shows which narrative strategies have contributed to the success of national histories.


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