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The past is a foreign country / David Lowenthal.
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.
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- 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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- Version of Resource: http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam021/85010990.html
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- Version of Resource: http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780521224154.pdf
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- Related Resource: http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam031/85010990.html
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