{"product_id":"past-is-a-foreign-country","title":"Past Is a Foreign Country","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003ePast Is a Foreign Country\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eDavid Lowenthal\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e0521294800\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eCambridge University Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1988\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e489\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eIn 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 constraints upon the way that present develops. Some aspects of the past are celebrated, others expunged, as each generation reshapes its legacy in line with current needs. 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. Profusely illustrated, The Past is a Foreign Country shows 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.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Past Is a Foreign Country | David Lowenthal | Paperback | 0521294800 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks C 1740628","offer_id":48168870051992,"sku":"1740628","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/5197HbIPPJL.jpg?v=1771980599","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/past-is-a-foreign-country","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}