| Description |
xxvii, 489 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
Lowenthal looks at the benefits and burdens of the past, how we study the past, and how we change it |
| Analysis |
Past - Philosophical perspectives |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 413-470 |
| Subject |
History -- Philosophy.
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History.
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Philosophy.
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Culture.
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Historiography.
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History.
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| LC no. |
85010990 |
| ISBN |
0521224152 |
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0521294800 (paperback) |
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