TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tosh,John
TI  - Why history matters
SN  - 9780230521483
AV  - D16.163 .T67 2008
U1  - 900 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Public history
N2  - In this introduction to the practical application of History, John Tosh persuasively argues we are in danger of missing history's principal contribution. Using topical examples from the Iraq War to AIDs to globalization, this text shows how history can provide the basis for an informed and critical understanding of our society
ER  -