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Virtual History

Virtual History

by Niall Ferguson

Modern HistoryWereldgeschiedenisCounterfactual analysisImaginary historiesHistoriography
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About this book

Speculates what may have happened if nine major events did not occur, asking such questions as, "What if there had been no American Revoultion?" and "What if John F. Kennedy had lived?"

Themes & subjects

Modern HistoryWereldgeschiedenisCounterfactual analysisImaginary historiesHistoriographyPhilosophy

Setting

20th century

About the author

Niall Ferguson
Niall Ferguson

18 April 1964

Niall Campbell Ferguson is a British historian from Scotland. He is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University. He is also a Senior Research Fellow of Jesus College, University of Oxford, a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University and visiting professor at the New College of the Humanities. His specialties are international history, economic and financial history, and British and American imperialism. He is known for his provocative, contrarian views. - Wikipedia

Author

Niall Ferguson

Pages

548

Read time

≈ 14h

Editions

10

Languages

English, Spanish

Publisher

Basic Books

ISBN

9780333647288

Where to buy

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