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The past is a foreign country - revisited / David Lowenthal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lowenthal, David, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Past is a foreign county
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History--Philosophy.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 660 pages.)
- Edition:
- Revised and updated edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, [2015]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction: An Authorial Credo
- How My Past Became Foreign
- Making This Book
- Themes and Structure
- Part I. Wanting the Past
- Nostalgia : Dreams and Nightmares
- Time Travelling
- Benefits and Burdens of the Past
- Part II. Disputing the Past
- Ancients Vs. Moderns : Tradition and Innovation
- The Look of Age : Aversion
- The Look of Age : Affection
- Part III. Knowing the Past
- Memory
- History
- Relics
- Part IV. Remaking the Past
- Saving the Past : Preservation and Replication
- Replacing the Past : Restoration and Re-Enactment
- Improving the Past
- Epilogue: The Past in the Present.
- Notes:
- "First published as The past is a foreign country, 1985"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781139024884
- 1139024884
- Publisher Number:
- 99966109924
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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