The presence of the past

From: Humanities | Date: January 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

POPULAR USES OF HISTORY IN AMERICAN LIFE

HISTORY is the word that scholars privilege to describe how they approach the past. History conjured up something done by famous people that others studied in school; respondents said history was formal, analytical, official, or distant. Words like heritage and tradition conjured up warm and fuzzy feelings but not very rich experience or sharp observation. The past was the term that best invited people to talk about family, race, and nation, about where they had come from and what they had learned along the way. Trust was the concept that best ...

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