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'''Alternative history''' may refer to:
'''Alternative history''' may refer to 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]]
* [[Counterfactual history]]
* [[Counterfactual history]], a form of historiography which speculates on "what if" counterfactuals to actual history
* [[Historical revisionism]]
* [[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
* [[Secret history]]

'''See also:''' [[Alternative]] (disambiguation)


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Revision as of 18:31, 2 June 2009

Alternative history may refer to 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: Alternative (disambiguation)