The Presence of the Past: Popular Uses of History in American Life by Roy Rosenzweig, David P. Thelen

The Presence of the Past: Popular Uses of History in American Life

Roy Rosenzweig, David P. Thelen

320 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced

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Some people make photo albums, collect antiques, or visit historic battlefields. Others keep diaries, plan annual family gatherings, or stitch together patchwork quilts in a tradition learned from grandparents. Each of us has ways of communing wit...

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