# So you think you have a historical analogy? Revisionist history and anthropology reading list

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The piece presents a revisionist history and anthropology reading list that challenges Eurocentric, state-centred, and linear accounts of human development.

Blog post · Metaphor Hacker · 8 September 2019

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- [Read it on Metaphor Hacker (metaphorhacker.net)](https://metaphorhacker.net/2019/09/so-you-think-you-have-a-historical-analogy-revisionist-history-and-anthropology-reading-list/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 8 September 2019
- Published in: Metaphor Hacker
- Language: English

Topics: history, anthropology, reading, historiography.

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