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Fake history is not a harmless mistake. It is a mistake that conceals prejudice; discriminates against certain kinds of people; a mistake that harms us. This book likens fake history to the Zombies, for the fake fact, like the fictional Zombie, lives by turning real events and people into monstrous perversions of fact and interpretation.

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Throughout the work, Hoffer selects examples of history Zombies that have plagued the telling of American history. By selecting and exposing such history Zombies, Hoffer aims not only to show the danger of such misguided and prejudiced perversions of the past, but also to demonstrate why responsible, living (and not undead) history matters for the telling of the American story." —Richard A. Bailey, Canisius College

Zombie History

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      Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/30/2020 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780472074525, 978-0472074525
      ISBN10: 0472074520

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      Book Synopsis
      Fake history is not a harmless mistake. It is a mistake that conceals prejudice; discriminates against certain kinds of people; a mistake that harms us. This book likens fake history to the Zombies, for the fake fact, like the fictional Zombie, lives by turning real events and people into monstrous perversions of fact and interpretation.

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      Throughout the work, Hoffer selects examples of history Zombies that have plagued the telling of American history. By selecting and exposing such history Zombies, Hoffer aims not only to show the danger of such misguided and prejudiced perversions of the past, but also to demonstrate why responsible, living (and not undead) history matters for the telling of the American story." —Richard A. Bailey, Canisius College

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