A history curriculum is often a telling sign of how a nation and its elites see themselves: as victims of colonialism or practitioners (either repentant or defiant) of imperial power.

• 历史课程往往是一个国家和它的精英阶层如何看待他们自己的一个很明显的标志：他们是殖民主义和帝国主义极权的实践者（不管是后悔的还是强硬的）的受害者。