The Past Is a Foreign Country by David Lowenthal

The Past Is a Foreign Country

David Lowenthal

752 pages 1985

8 editions

nonfiction history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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 constr...

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