David Mountain

Gebundenes Buch

Past Mistakes

How We Misinterpret History and Why It Matters

Beschreibung

From the fall of Rome to the rise of the Wild West, David Mountain brings colour and perspective to historical mythmaking.

Autor

David Mountain is a writer, speaker and editor, based in Edinburgh. After working as a scientific editor at an environmental NGO, he studied the politics of nationalism at the University of Edinburgh and now writes about history, politics and philosophy. This is his first book.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Icon Books
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 142mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781785786624
• ISBN-10: 1785786628
• Artikelnr.: 60012506

Rezensionen

'Whether discussing Pythagoras' legacy, Athenian democracy, the myth of Progress, or the Wild West, Mountain quickly points out how the truth is more nuanced than-or completely different from-stories we may know. ... the work's main thrust is the conversation between present and past and how our view of the past influences current behavior-most clearly outlined in a chapter about the Wild West mythos shaping American gun culture to this day.' Booklist