{"product_id":"control-of-the-past-patrick-salmon-9781914477195","title":"The Control of the Past: Herbert Butterfield and the Pitfalls of Official History","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by one of the few historians employed by the British government, this important book details how successive governments have applied a selective approach to the past in order to tell or re-tell Britain's national history, with implications for the future. Providing a unique overview of the main trends of official history in Britain since the Second World War, the book details how Herbert Butterfield (1900-1979) became one of the earliest and strongest critics of what he saw as the British government's attempts to control the past through the writing of so-called, 'official histories'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Salmon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1914477197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781914477195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of London Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.13h x 6.06w x 0.47d","brand":"Patrick Salmon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048910090495,"sku":"9781914477195","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_af897f58-f4b9-4d74-85b8-053446d95b6e.jpg?v=1684998523","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/control-of-the-past-patrick-salmon-9781914477195","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}