The presence of the past : popular uses of history in American life / Roy Rosenzweig and David Thelen.

New York : Columbia University Press, c1998.

x, 291 pages ; 24 cm.

"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."--Jacket.

English

September 09, 2015

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-284) and index.