The Identity Myth

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Marco Benoit (University College London, UK) CarboneIllustration(s): 24 bw illusNumber of pages: 280...

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This volume explores the ways in which the cultural, scientific and political myth of whiteness influenced the identities and integration of Nordic...

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A leading historian explores the myths that define Spain's view of its own past This book, the latest contribution by eminent historian Henry Kamen...

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