Wild, Wild West and David Lowenthal.

The Past is a Foreign Country
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In this hard-to-read, wide-ranging book, The Past is a Foreign Country, Professor Lowenthal analyzes the ever-changing role of the past in shaping our lives. A heritage at once battling nature vs. nurture, the past allows us to make sense of the present while imposing constraints on how the way the present develops. Some aspects of the past are celebrated, others forgotten, as each generation reshapes its legacy in line with the present. Using the arts, the humaniti…