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'''Alternative history''' may refer to a number of subjects relating to [[history]], the chronology and study of the past. It may mean:
'''Alternative history''' may refer to a number of subjects relating to history, the chronology and study of the past. It may mean:


* [[Alternate history]], a subgenre of speculative fiction dealing with divergences from the world's actual history
* [[Alternate history]], a subgenre of speculative fiction dealing with divergences from the world's actual history
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[New Chronology]]
* [[New Chronology (disambiguation)]]
* [[Alternative (disambiguation)]]
* [[Alternative (disambiguation)]]



Revision as of 07:21, 27 April 2011

Alternative history may refer to a number of subjects relating to history, the chronology and study of the past. It may mean:

  • Alternate history, a subgenre of speculative fiction dealing with divergences from the world's actual history
  • Counterfactual history, a form of historiography which speculates on "what if" counterfactuals to actual history
  • Historical revisionism, the reinterpretation of orthodox views on history or historiography
  • Secret history, historical events claimed by revisionists to have been deliberately suppressed or forgotten

See also