What Is History For?

Robert Gildea (Worcester College, Oxford)

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BRISTOL UNIVERSITY PRESS
01 April 2024

History; History: theory & methods; Historiography; General & world history; Social & cultural history

Series: What Is It For?

'History', suggests Robert Gildea, 'is a battlefield.' Questions of power, rights, identity and nationhood always have an ancient and modern historical dimension and countries still go to war over their interpretation of history. Yet accounts of history are just as prone to fabrication as fake news, so how can we tell good history from bad? How can history be critical, learning from the past and righting wrongs, rather than divisive, such as riding roughshod over the rights of others?

In this passionately argued book, Gildea suggests that the more people who really understand what good history entails, the more likely history is to triumph over myth. He sees positive signs in public history, citizen historians and community projects, among other developments. And he debunks claims that ‘you cannot rewrite history’, arguing that good history that’s attuned to its times must be rewritten time and again.

By: Robert Gildea (Worcester College Oxford)
Imprint: BRISTOL UNIVERSITY PRESS
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Abridged edition
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm,
ISBN: 9781529230512
ISBN 10: 1529230519
Series: What Is It For?
Pages: 182
Publication Date: 01 April 2024
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Further / Higher Education , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert Gildea is Professor Emeritus of Modern History at the University of Oxford, and a specialist on French and European history in the 19th and 20th centuries. In 2003 he won the Wolfson Prize for History.

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What Is History For?

Robert Gildea (Worcester College, Oxford)

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