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