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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Roy Rosenzweig; David P Thelen |
| ISBN: | 0231111487 9780231111485 0231111495 9780231111492 |
| OCLC Number: | 38067618 |
| Description: | x, 291 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The presence of the past: patterns of popular historymaking -- Using the past to live in the present: relationships, identity, immortality -- Using the past to shape the future: building narratives, taking responsibility -- "Experience is the best teacher": participation, mediation, authority, trust -- Beyond the intimate past: Americans and their collective pasts -- History in black and red: African Americans and American Indians and their collective pasts. |
| Responsibility: | Roy Rosenzweig and David Thelen. |
Abstract:
"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 meaning." "While the past is omnipresent to Americans, "history" as it is usually defined in textbooks leaves many people cold. Rosenzweig and Thelen found that history as taught in school does not inspire a strong connection to the past. And they reveal how race and ethnicity affect how Americans perceive the past."--BOOK JACKET.
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