The control of the past : : Herbert Butterfield and the Pitfalls of Official History / / Patrick Salmon.
Herbert Butterfield (1900-1979) was one of the earliest and strongest critics of what he saw as the British government's attempts to control the past through the writing of so-called, 'official histories'. His famous diatribe against the 'pitfalls' of government-mandated his...
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| Superior document: | IHR Shorts |
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| Place / Publishing House: | London : : Institute of Historical Research,, 2021. |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | IHR Shorts.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (118 pages). |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. 'One of his most violent essays'
- 2. Butterfield and official history
- 3. Official history then and now
- 4. Why bother with Butterfield?