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The past is a foreign country - revisited / David Lowenthal.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Lowenthal, David, author.
Contributor:
Cambridge University Press.
Rosengarten Family Fund.
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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