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The past is a foreign country / David Lowenthal.

Lowenthal, David. (Author).

Summary:

Lowenthal looks at the benefits and burdens of the past, how we study the past, and how we change it.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0521224152
  • ISBN: 9780521224154
  • ISBN: 0521294800
  • ISBN: 9780521294805
  • ISBN: 8446008165
  • ISBN: 9788446008163
  • Physical Description: xxvii, 489 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; Cambridge University Press, 1985.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes indexes.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-470).
Formatted Contents Note:
Part I. Wanting the past : 1. Reliving the past: dreams and nightmares -- 2. Benefits and burdens of the past -- 3. Ancients vs. moderns -- 4. The look of age -- Part II. Knowing the past : 5. How we know the past -- Part III. Changing the past : 6. Changing the past -- 7. Creative anachronism.
Subject:
History > Philosophy.
History.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library D 16.8 .L69 1985 252608 Stacks Reshelving -

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