Ferro, Marc

USE AND ABUSE OF HISTORY OR HOW THE PAST IS TAUGHT TO CHILDREN How the past is taught to children Marc Ferro, with a new preface by the author ; translated by Norman Stone and Andrew Brown. - Rev. ed. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2003. - 390 - Routledge classics . - Routledge classics. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [364]-375) and index.

Contents: 1. 'White history', a vestige: Johannesburg --
2. 'Decolonized history': Black Africa --
3. Some remarks on a variant: Trinidad and the exorcist reaction --
4. India: history without identity --
5. The history of Islam or the history of the Arabs --
6. The Persian and Turkish variants --
7. From Christ the King to the nation-state: history in European eyes --
8. Aspects and variations of Soviet history --
9. History: the safeguard of national identity in Armenia --
10. History in profile: Poland --
11. A note on the history of China --
12. History in Japan: a code or an ideology? --
13. Deconstructing 'white history': the USA --
14. 'Forbidden history': Chicanos and Aborigines --
15. Analysis of a crisis: 1939-1945 revisited.


Translated from the French.

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History
Historiography.
Prejudices in children.
Textbook bias.--Study and teaching (Elementary)

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