The miracle of life is cruelly circumscribed by birth and death; of the immensity of time before and after our own lives we experience nothing.
An edition of The Past Is a Foreign Country
(1999)
The Past is a Foreign Country
by David Lowenthal
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History, philosophy, History, Philosophy, Geschichtsphilosophie| Edition | Availability |
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The Past Is a Foreign Country
March 1, 2008, Cambridge University Press
Paperback
- 2Rev Ed edition
0521616859 9780521616850
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The Past is a Foreign Country
January 29, 1999, Cambridge University Press
Paperback
in English
0521294800 9780521294805
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First Sentence
"The miracle of life is cruelly circumscribed by birth and death; of the immensity of time before and after our own lives we experience nothing."
Table of Contents
I. Wanting the Past
1. Reliving the Past: Dreams and Nightmares
2. Benefits and Burdens of the Past
3. Ancients vs. Moderns
4. The Look of Age
II. Knowing the Past
5. How We Know the Past
III. Changing the Past
6. Changing the Past
7. Creative Anachronism
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| April 24, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Fixed duplicate goodreads IDs. |
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| April 14, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Linked existing covers to the edition. |
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