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Telling the Truth About History

by Joyce Appleby, Lynn Hunt, Margaret C. Jacob · 1994

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"A fascinating historiographical essay. . . . An unusually lucid and inclusive explication of what it ultimately at stake in the culture wars over the nature, goals, and efficacy of history as a discipline."—Booklist

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medium · 336 pages

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