- Bib ID:
- 6971440
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Lowenthal, David, author
- Uniform Title:
- Past is a foreign county
- Description:
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- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2015]
- xvi, 660 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- ISBN:
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- 9780521851428 (hardcover)
- 0521851424 (hardcover)
- 9780521616850 (paperback)
- 0521616859 (paperback)
- Full contents:
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- Introduction
- 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:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
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- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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