George Perkins Marsh (1801-1882) was the first to reveal the menace of environmental misuse, to explain its causes, and to prescribe reforms. David Lowenthal here offers fresh insights, from new sources, into Marsh's career and shows his relevance today, in a book which has its roots in but wholly s[...]
Offers an alternative of a universal human experience by imaginatively refashioning the remains and records of the past in England and America from the renaissance to our own time. The author attempts to assemble and categorize man's attitudes towards his past using history and the arts.[...]
Completely updated new edition of David Lowenthal's classical account of how we reshape the past to serve present needs.[...]
Heritage has burgeoned over the past quarter of a century from a small élite preoccupation into a major popular crusade. Everything from Disneyland to the Holocaust Museum, from the Balkan wars to the Northern Irish troubles, from Elvis memorabilia to the Elgin Marbles bears the marks of the cult o[...]
Completely updated new edition of David Lowenthal's classical account of how we reshape the past to serve present needs.[...]