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Past Mistakes - How We Misinterpret History and Why it Matters (Hardcover)
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Past Mistakes - How We Misinterpret History and Why it Matters (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R447
Discovery Miles 4 470
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'A welcome ally in the fight against fake history' Eleanor Janega,
author of The Middle Ages From the fall of Rome to the rise of the
Wild West, David Mountain brings colour and perspective to
historical mythmaking. The stories we tell about our past matter.
But those stories have been shaped by prejudice, hoaxes and
misinterpretations that have whitewashed entire chapters of
history, erased women and invented civilisations. Today history is
often used to justify xenophobia, nationalism and inequality as we
cling to grand origin stories and heroic tales of extraordinary
men. Exploring myths, mysteries and misconceptions about the past -
from the legacies of figures like Pythagoras and Christopher
Columbus, to the realities of life in the gun-toting Wild West, to
the archaeological digs that have upset our understanding of the
birth of civilisation - David Mountain reveals how ongoing
revolutions in history and archaeology are shedding light on the
truth. Full of adventures, and based on detailed research and
interviews, Past Mistakes will make you reconsider your
understanding of history - and of the world today. 'Past Mistakes
takes what we think we remember from history class and sets the
record straight! Definitely worth reading if you're ready to have
your mind blown and then be filled with rage that you've been
hoodwinked for this long.' The Tiny Activist
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