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National history is a vital part of national self-definition. Most books on the history of the world try to impose a uniform narrative, written usually from a single writers point of view. Histories of Nations is different: it presents 28 essays written by a leading historian as a self-portrait of his or her native country, defining the characteristics that embody its sense of nationhood. The countries have been selected to represent every continent and every type of state, large and small, and together they make up two-thirds of the worlds population. They range from mature democracies to religious autocracies and one-party states, from countries with a venerable history to those who only came into being in the 20th century. In order to get to grips with the national and cultural differences that both enliven and endanger our world, we need above all to understand different national viewpoints to read the always engaging and often passionate accounts given in this remarkable and unusual book.
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Immaculately edited and superbly illustrated --History Today
Bold and intriguing --BBC History Magazine
What a wonderful idea ... Peter Furtado is to be applauded for assembling such an impressive bunch of contributors ... If you want to gain a sense of what it means to be Greek, French, German, Egyptian or Ghanaian and of how the lessons of the past are always in flux and a constant source of debate then you could do a lot worse than making the excellent Histories of Nations your first port of call. --Geographical Magazine
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Bold and intriguing --BBC History Magazine
What a wonderful idea ... Peter Furtado is to be applauded for assembling such an impressive bunch of contributors ... If you want to gain a sense of what it means to be Greek, French, German, Egyptian or Ghanaian and of how the lessons of the past are always in flux and a constant source of debate then you could do a lot worse than making the excellent Histories of Nations your first port of call. --Geographical Magazine
Peter Furtado is the former editor of History Today. In 2009 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Oxford Brookes University for his work in promoting interest in history. His publications include 1001 Days That Shaped the World.
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- Publication date2012
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Book Description hardcover. Condition: new. 1. Twentyeight intimate and unconventional autobiographies of the nationstate told by historians from their respective countries Global histories tend to be written from the narrow viewpoint of a single author and a single perspective with the inevitable bias that it entails But in this thoughtprovoking collection twentyeight writers and scholars give engaging often passionate accounts of their own nations history The countries have been selected to represent every continent and every type of state large and small mature democracies and religious autocracies states that have existed for thousands of years and those born as recently as the twentieth century Together they contain twothirds of the worlds population In the United States for example the myth of the nations historylessness remains strong but in China history is seen to play a crucial role in legitimizing three thousand years of imperial authority History wars over the content of textbooks rage in countries as diverse as Australia Russia and Japan Some countries such as Iran or Egypt are blessedor cursedwith a glorious ancient history that the present cannot equal others such as Germany must find ways of approaching and reconciling the pain of the recent past 202 illustrations 157 in color. Seller Inventory # DADAX0500251819
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