The Past is a Foreign Country Book by David Lowenthal

The Past is a Foreign Country by David Lowenthal explores how people remember, preserve and remake the past.

How do we know the past, and what does history mean? This book is a reflection on those questions — on evidence, interpretation and the historian’s craft — and a guide to thinking seriously about history itself.

Key themes include:

• What history is and how it is written
• Evidence, interpretation and argument
• The ideas that shaped the modern world
• Why the past still matters

Who should read it: students of history, readers interested in ideas, and anyone who wants to think more deeply about the past.

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