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The Presence of the Past: Popular Uses of History in American Life
Roy Rosenzweig & David Thelen
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paperback. Rosenzweig and Thelen analyze results from a unique and comprehensive survey in which they polled 1,500 Americans about their connection to the past and its continuing influence on their present as well as their hopes for the future. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 410.
Some people make photo albums, collect antiques, or visit historic battlefields. Others keep diaries, plan annual family gatherings, or stitch together patchwork quilts in a tradition learned from grandparents. Each of us has ways of communing with the past, and our reasons for doing so are as varied as our memories. In a sweeping survey, Roy Rosenzweig and David Thelen asked 1,500 Americans about their connection to the past and how it influences their daily lives and hopes for the future. The result is a surprisingly candid series of conversations and reflections on how the past infuses the present with ... Read more
Some people make photo albums, collect antiques, or visit historic battlefields. Others keep diaries, plan annual family gatherings, or stitch together patchwork quilts in a tradition learned from grandparents. Each of us has ways of communing with the past, and our reasons for doing so are as varied as our memories. In a sweeping survey, Roy Rosenzweig and David Thelen asked 1,500 Americans about their connection to the past and how it influences their daily lives and hopes for the future. The result is a surprisingly candid series of conversations and reflections on how the past infuses the present with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231111492
SKU
9780231111492
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About Roy Rosenzweig & David Thelen
Roy Rosenzweig is professor of history and Director of the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. He is the author of several books including The Park and the People: A History of Central Park (with Elizabeth Blackmar). He is also the coauthor of Who Built America?, a two-volume multimedia CD-ROM. David Thelen is professor of ... Read more
Reviews for The Presence of the Past: Popular Uses of History in American Life
Rosenzweig and Thelen have raised imaginative and important questions. They have written an important book that all historians should read and debate.
Richard White, Stanford University Journal of American History This book has less to do with history than popular sociology
and seems to have begun with a thesis and then proved it. Journal of Popular Culture A fascinating ... Read more
Richard White, Stanford University Journal of American History This book has less to do with history than popular sociology
and seems to have begun with a thesis and then proved it. Journal of Popular Culture A fascinating ... Read more