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The Presence of the Past : Popular Uses of History in American Life by Rosenzweig, Roy; Thelen, David P. (David Paul) is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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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 t

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Author

Rosenzweig, Roy; Thelen, David P. (David Paul)

Publisher

New York : Columbia University Press, C1998.

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780231111492

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Reference, Anthropology

Rating

3.6 / 5 (158 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14