Composing Useful Pasts
| Author | : Edmund E. Jacobitti |
| Publisher | : SUNY Press |
| Total Pages | : 194 |
| Release | : 2000-09-07 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0791446751 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780791446751 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (751 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Composing Useful Pasts by : Edmund E. Jacobitti
Download or read book Composing Useful Pasts written by Edmund E. Jacobitti and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2000-09-07 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that history is written from the present tense, meaning that its purpose is to construct convincing political arguments about who or what caused a current problem and how that problem should be addressed.
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