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Pages: 305
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Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-10-09 - Publisher: MIT Press

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Why we learn the wrong things from narrative history, and how our love for stories is hard-wired. To understand something, you need to know its history. Right?
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Pages: 305
Authors: Alex Rosenberg
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-08-13 - Publisher: MIT Press

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Why we learn the wrong things from narrative history, and how our love for stories is hard-wired. To understand something, you need to know its history. Right?
Lies My Teacher Told Me
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Authors: James W. Loewen
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Criticizes the way history is presented in current textbooks, and suggests a more accurate approach to teaching American history.
Why Learn History (When It’s Already on Your Phone)
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Authors: Sam Wineburg
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A look at how to teach history in the age of easily accessible—but not always reliable—information. Let’s start with two truths about our era that are so
History of Shit
Language: en
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Authors: Dominique Laporte
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"A brilliant account of the politics of shit. It will leave you speechless." Written in Paris after the heady days of student revolt in May 1968 and before the