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The Past is a Foreign Country By David Lowenthal

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Title
The Past is a Foreign Country
ISBN
9780521294805
Publication Year
1985
Type
Textbook
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Name
The Past Is a Foreign Country
Item Height
243mm
Author
David Lowenthal
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Item Width
172mm
Subject
History
Item Weight
1000g
Number of Pages
516 Pages

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In this remarkably wide-ranging book Professor Lowenthal analyses the ever-changing role of the past in shaping our lives. A heritage at once nurturing and burdensome, the past allows us to make sense of the present whilst imposing powerful constraints upon the way that present develops. Some aspects of the past are celebrated, others expunged, as each generation reshapes its legacy in line with current needs. Drawing on all the arts, the humanities and the social sciences, the author uses sources as diverse as science fiction and psychoanalysis to examine how rebellion against inherited tradition has given rise to the modern cult of preservation and pervasive nostalgia. Profusely illustrated, The Past is a Foreign Country shows that although the past has ceased to be a sanction for inherited power or privilege, as a focus of personal and national identity and as a bulwark against massive and distressing change it remains as potent a force as ever in human affairs.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13
9780521294805
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Author
David Lowenthal
Publication Name
The Past Is a Foreign Country
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
1985
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
516 Pages

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Item Height
243mm
Item Width
172mm
Item Weight
1000g

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David Lowenthal
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United Kingdom

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