This incredible exploration of the murky world of pseudo-history reveals the mix of proven facts, informed speculation, and pure fiction behind lost continents, ancient super-civilizations, and conspiratorial cover-upsOCoas well as the revisionist historical foundations of religions such as the Nation of Islam and the Church of Jesus Christ ofaLatter-day Saints. Drawing on the best scholarship available, Ronald H. Fritze shows that in spite of strong, mainstream historical evidence to the contrary, many of these ideas have ...
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This incredible exploration of the murky world of pseudo-history reveals the mix of proven facts, informed speculation, and pure fiction behind lost continents, ancient super-civilizations, and conspiratorial cover-upsOCoas well as the revisionist historical foundations of religions such as the Nation of Islam and the Church of Jesus Christ ofaLatter-day Saints. Drawing on the best scholarship available, Ronald H. Fritze shows that in spite of strong, mainstream historical evidence to the contrary, many of these ideas have proved durable and gained widespread acceptance. As the examples in "Invented Knowledge" reveal, pseudo-historians capitalize on and exploit anomalies in evidence to support their claims, rather than examining the preponderance of research as a whole.
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Used-Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket. 2009 publication, tightly bound in blue cloth with bronze lettering to spine; dust jacket not price-clipped with light wear to top edge; a clean, tidy copy.
