Partisan Histories: The Past in Contemporary Global Politics

By: Padraic Kenney

Book Overview

Partisan Histories is an introduction to the multiple uses of history in contemporary political debate and conflict. As communities reimagine themselves, a contest over defining legitimacy, identifying us and others, and jockeying for political control intersects with fights over history and memory. Here distinguished scholars examine how competing versions of national identity are legitimized through appeals to carefully constructed 'pasts' both...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403964564
• ISBN13: 9781403964564
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.3" x 9.2"