Popular History and Academic History

Tides of History by Audible / Patrick Wyman

Mar 19, 202600:33:20Society & Culture

Academic history and popular history are very different things, but what is their purpose? And how should we, as people who like and consume history, understand and use them? Patrick launched a brand-new history show! It...

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