The Past is a Foreign Country Do you need something that needs to be turned in that you read about? Here is what you need. In this hard-to-read, wide-ranging book, The Past is a Foreign Country, Professor Lowenthal analyzes the ever-changing role of the past in shaping our lives. A heritage at once battling nature vs. nurture, the past allows us to make sense of the present while imposing constraints on how the way the …showed first 75 words of 642 total…

…showed last 75 words of 642 total…a hard read however, in other areas materials are invariably intriguing, thought provoking, and apt. One's concentration is focused well by the excursions into related areas-from the history of attitudes to physical aging and object decay to debates about memory training and the evolution of historic preservation. I also believe this book, although very heavy at times, presents an abundant wit, humor and insight to the past and its relationship to us in the future.