2 years ago
I would recommend this book to any history student. MacMillan discusses the basic question which we all ask ourselves as students of history (Why should we study it, what good use is it, etc.) The book is suprisingly short and easy to read, however, occasionally the answers she gives to such questions become lost in her evidence. Her evidence includes, and tends to focus on, the Middle East and China rather than on Canadian or European trends in history, but when she does use Canada as an… + read more