The Past is a Foreign Country

Book

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

The Past is a Foreign Country

Entry/Object ID

2013.004.01

Description

Analyses the ever-changing role of the past in shaping our lives. Drawing on all the arts, the humanities and the social sciences, the author uses sources as diverse as science fiction and psychoanalysis to examine how rebellion against inherited tradition has given rise to the modern cult of preservation and pervasive nostalgia. Demonstrates that although the past has ceased to be a sanction for inherited power or privilege, as a focus of personal and national identity and as a bulwark against massive and distressing change, it remains as potent a force as ever in human affairs. xxvii, 489 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. (softcover)

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2013.004.

Source or Donor

New Library Books Purchased (2013)

Acquisition Method

Purchased

Credit Line

Restricted Book/Archives Acquisition Fund Purchase

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

History--Philosophy

Book Details

Author

Lowenthal, David

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Place Published

Location

Cambridge (UK)

Date Published

circa 1985

Call No.

D16.8 .L52 1985

ISBN

9780521294805

LCCN

85010990

Location

Building

Missroon Library

Date

February 7, 2023

Moved By

Winslow Hastie

Date

January 14, 2013

General Notes

Note

Notes: By David Lowenthal. Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-470) and index. Sixteenth printing, 2011.

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Create Date

January 7, 2013

Updated By

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Update Date

April 5, 2023