蜜芽传媒

The school history textbook is often used to tell the story of a nation when young minds are unlikely to question the content - or even pay much attention to it.

What do we want children to make of their own national past?

Historian Priya Atwal, explores the global issues in telling textbook national history - from Lebanon to Japan to Northern Ireland and India.

She explores history's uses as pedagogy and sometimes even propaganda.

Producer: Mark Burman

First broadcast on 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 in January 2020.