Teaching & Learning Guide for: What Should Historians Do with Heroes?: Reflections on Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Britain

This article arose out of my development of undergraduate courses related to my research on national heroes. An effective course needs to encourage students to move beyond the narrow ‘debunking’ approach to heroes frequently adopted in popular biographies and television documentaries, and situate th...

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Main Author: Jones, Max (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2007
In: History compass
Year: 2007, Volume: 5, Issue: 5, Pages: 1752-1760
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