LEADER 02387cam 2200361Ii 4500001 on1184238842 003 OCoLC 005 20210407170730.7 008 200820s2021 ctu e b 001 0 eng d 040 YDX |beng |erda |cYDX |dBDX |dERASA |dADA |dTXW |dOCLCO |dWZW |dYDX 020 0300238452 |q(hardcover) 020 9780300238457 |q(hardcover) 035 40030493395 035 (OCoLC)1184238842 050 4 D13 |b.B36 2021 082 04 907.2 |223 100 1 Banner, James M., |cJr., |d1935- |eauthor. |=^A547396 245 14 The ever-changing past : |bwhy all history is revisionist history / |cJames M. Banner, Jr. 264 1 New Haven : |bYale University Press, |c[2021] 300 xi, 284 pages ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 |gIntroduction -- |gONE. |tRevisions Without End: The Origins of the American Civil War -- |gTWO. |tThe Ancient Origins of Revisionist History -- |gTHREE. |tRevisionist History in the Modern Era -- |gFOUR. |tVarieties of Revisionist History -- |gFIVE. |tSome Fruits of Revisionist History -- |gSIX. |tHistory and Objectivity. 520 8 History is not, and has never been, inert, certain, merely factual, and beyond reinterpretation. Taking readers from Thucydides to the origin of the French Revolution to the Civil War and beyond, James M. Banner, Jr.. explores what historians do and why they do it.0 Banner shows why historical knowledge is unlikely ever to be unchanging, why history as a branch of knowledge is always a search for meaning and a constant source of argument, and why history is so essential to individuals' awareness of their location in the world and to every group and nation's sense of identity and destiny. He explains why all historians are revisionists while they seek to more fully understand the past, and how they always bring their distinct minds, dispositions, perspectives, and purposes to bear on the subjects they study. 650 0 Historiography. |=^A5774 650 0 Historians. |=^A31138 949 |i30372017338192 |ojjlm 960 |o1 |s28.00 |tJoyner48 |uJAPP |zUSD 596 1 998 5634403