Zombie History: Lies about Our Past That Refuse to Die

by Peter Charles Hoffer

Book Overview

Fake history is not a harmless mistake of fact or interpretation. It is a mistake that conceals prejudice; a mistake that discriminates against certain kinds of people; a mistake held despite a preponderance of evidence; a mistake that harms us. Fake history is like the Zombies we see in mass media, for the fake fact, like the fictional Zombie, lives by turning real events and people into monstrous perversions of fact and interpretation. Its pervasiveness...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047205452X
• ISBN13: 9780472054527
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"