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ISBN
9781982195786
Book Title
Making History : the Storytellers Who Shaped the Past
Item Length
9.1 in
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Publication Year
2022
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
1.5 in
Author
Richard Cohen
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Topic
Civilization, Historiography, Historical
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
35.1 Oz
Number of Pages
784 Pages

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A "supremely entertaining" ( The New Yorker ) exploration of who gets to record the world's history--from Julius Caesar to William Shakespeare to Ken Burns--and how their biases influence our understanding about the past. There are many stories we can spin about previous ages, but which accounts get told? And by whom? Is there even such a thing as "objective" history? In this "witty, wise, and elegant" ( The Spectator ), book, Richard Cohen reveals how professional historians and other equally significant witnesses, such as the writers of the Bible, novelists, and political propagandists, influence what becomes the accepted record. Cohen argues, for example, that some historians are practitioners of "Bad History" and twist reality to glorify themselves or their country. "Scholarly, lively, quotable, up-to-date, and fun" (Hilary Mantel, author of the bestselling Thomas Cromwell trilogy), Making History investigates the published works and private utterances of our greatest chroniclers to discover the agendas that informed their--and our--views of the world. From the origins of history writing, when such an activity itself seemed revolutionary, through to television and the digital age, Cohen brings captivating figures to vivid light, from Thucydides and Tacitus to Voltaire and Gibbon, Winston Churchill and Henry Louis Gates. Rich in complex truths and surprising anecdotes, the result is a revealing exploration of both the aims and art of history-making, one that will lead us to rethink how we learn about our past and about ourselves.

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Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
1982195789
ISBN-13
9781982195786
eBay Product ID (ePID)
8050402581

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Book Title
Making History : the Storytellers Who Shaped the Past
Author
Richard Cohen
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Civilization, Historiography, Historical
Publication Year
2022
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
784 Pages

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Item Length
9.1 in
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
35.1 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
D13.C5895 2022
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What a brilliant achievement! Like all Richard Cohen's writing, The History Makers opens a dialogue with the reader--grave and witty, suave yet pointed, erudite yet engaging and full of energy. It has huge scope but never forfeits the telling detail. It is scholarly, lively, quotable, up-to-date, and fun., With meticulous research and riveting anecdotes, Richard Cohen has peeled back the hidden history behind those who record our past. He brilliantly shows how an extraordinary gallery of characters--from prodigies to charlatans, from ideologues to heroes--has exposed, shaped, and, at times, bent and even covered up the facts. In the process, Cohen has achieved what only the finest historians can: He has scrupulously and engagingly made history., What a grand, illuminating, and fun book! Richard Cohen takes us on a learned tour through the cacophony of history and of the characters who've told the stories that shape us. To understand who we are, we have to understand who we've been--and, as Cohen amply demonstrates, who has formed those understandings., Insightful, thought-provoking, and thoroughly researched. History lovers will find this exceptionally well-written book as insightful as it is a pleasure to read., Richard Cohen has written an utterly engaging love letter to history's hidden story tellers. Provocative, funny but scrupulously fair, The History Makers is a timely reminder that history doesn't write itself.
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2023-286097
Dewey Decimal
907.2/02
Dewey Edition
23

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  • by drnos
    May 10, 2022

    Recommend

    The author quotes Hilary Mantel thus: "history is not the past -- it is the method we've evolved of organizing our ignorance of the past." So this book sets out to help us organize our ignorance by reminding us of the inherent bias and myopia of every historian. The chapter on Creating the Bible is disappointing. He holds grimly onto the JEDP hypothesis.when it is not even relevant to the history therein, Otherwise this is a fascinating book, and right up to date by covering the 1619 project in a fairly even-handed way.

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  • by jmejom-hwatz4
    May 03, 2022

    Overview of Civilization through its Historians.

    If you're interested in learning the tales of the historians, this is a happy celebration of them, from Herodotus and Thucydides up to Churchill and Barbara Tuchman, touching on Machiavelli along the way. Filled with anecdote and brimming with personal insight, this overview inadvertently offers a parade of Western civilization.

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