| Description |
vi, 198 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : history in politics / Max Paul Friedman and Padraic Kenney -- Ch. 1. The past in the politics of divided and unified Germany / Andrew H. Beattie -- Ch. 2. Apologizing for the past between Japan and Korea / Alexis Dudden -- Ch. 3. Breaking the silence in post-authoritarian Chile / Katherine Hite -- Ch. 4. Political uses of the recent past in the Spanish post-authoritarian democracy / Carsten Jacob Humlebaek -- Ch. 5. Constructing primordialism in Armenia and Kazakhstan : old histories for new nations / Ronald Grigor Suny -- Ch. 6. Knowledge for politics : partisan histories and communal mobilization in India and Pakistan / Subho Basu and Suranjan Das -- Ch. 7. Historiophobia or the enslavement of history : the role of the 1948 ethnic cleansing in the contemporary Israeli-Palestinian peace process / Ilan Pappe -- Ch. 8. Nigeria : the past in the present / Toyin Falola -- Ch. 9. Histories and "lessons" of the Vietnam War / Patrick Hagopian |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Public history.
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Memory -- Social aspects.
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Nationalism -- History -- 20th century.
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History -- Philosophy.
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World politics -- 20th century.
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| Author |
Kenney, Padraic, 1963-
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| LC no. |
2004061671 |
| ISBN |
1403964556 |
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1403964564 paperback |
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1403964564 : |
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1403964556 cased |
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1403964564 paperback |
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