Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Search - The Past is a Foreign Country

The Past is a Foreign Country
The Past is a Foreign Country
Author: David Lowenthal
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, ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521294805
ISBN-10: 0521294800
Publication Date: 1/29/1999
Pages: 516
Rating:
  ?

0 stars, based on 0 rating
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 5
Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review


Genres: