The Historian's Contribution to Anglo-American Misunderstanding
The Historian's Contribution to Anglo-American Misunderstanding

Author: Ray Allen Billington

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-14

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1317271777

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This book examines text books used in English and American schools and determines the way in which national bias has been instilled into school children by the use of history books. This study reveals that the deliberate distortion common a generation ago has disappeared, but has been displaced by a more subtle form of bias that is more dangerous because it is less easily recognised. It deals in particular with the treatment of the American War of Indepdendence, the War of 1812 and World War I. The report contains positive suggestions to authors and publishers designed to eliminate all bias and to help them achieve historical objectivity.

Routledge Library Editions: Historiography
Routledge Library Editions: Historiography

Author: Various

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-06-23

Total Pages: 8677

ISBN-13: 1317268083

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The greatest problem in historical scholarship, theoretically and practically, is the relation between historians and their subject matter. The past is gone and historians can only study its remnants. On what basis do scholars select certain facts from the mass of data left from the past? How do they explain the interrelationship of the facts they select? What criteria do they use to evaluate their subject? The 35 volumes in this set, originally published between 1926 and 1990 discuss and answer these essential questions faced by historians. The development of historical understanding during the 18th and 19th centuries was one of the most striking features of Western culture. Both historiography and historical thinking advanced as never before. The historial movment of the 19th century was perhaps second only to the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century in transforming Western thought. One consequence was extensive organisation and professionalization of research, which the volumes in this set reflect.

After the Miners’ Strike
After the Miners’ Strike

Author: Paul Farmer

Publisher: Open Book Publishers

Published: 2023-09-27

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1800649150

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In this rich memoir, the first of two volumes, Paul Farmer traces the story of A39, the Cornish political theatre group he co-founded and ran from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. Farmer offers a unique insight into A39’s creation, operation, and artistic practice during a period of convulsive political and social change. The reader is plunged into the national miners’ strike and the collapse of Cornish tin mining, the impact of Thatcherism and ‘Reaganomics’, and the experience of touring Germany on the brink of reunification, alongside the influence on A39 of writers Bertolt Brecht, John McGrath and Keith Johnstone. Farmer, a former bus driver turned artistic director, details the theatre group’s inception and development as it fought to break down social barriers, attract audiences, and survive with little more than a beaten-up Renault 12, a photocopier and two second-hand stage lights at its disposal: the book traces the progress from these raw materials to the development of an integrated community theatre practice for Cornwall. Farmer’s candour and humour enliven this unique insight into 1980s theatre and politics. It will appeal to anyone with an interest in theatre history, life in Cornwall, and the relationship between performance and society during a turbulent era.

Southern Rhodesia
Southern Rhodesia

Author: Marion O'Callaghan

Publisher:

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13:

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UNESCO pub. Monograph examining the civil rights of Africans in rhodesia (Zimbabwe) with regard to access to education, culture and the mass media - gives historical background, and covers the provision of primary education, secondary education, higher education, and educational expenditure, etc. In comparison with educational provision for europeans, asians and coloureds, African traditional religion, the role of the Christian Church, the library service, censorship, freedom of speech, etc. References and statistical tables.