The presence of the past : popular uses of history in American life
Rosenzweig and Thelen analyze results from a unique and comprehensive survey in which they polled 1,500 Americans about their connection to the past and its continuing influence on their present as well as their hopes for the future.
History
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Introduction: Scenes from a Survey The Presence of the Past: Patterns of Popular Historymaking Using the Past to Live in the Present: Relationships, Identity, Immorality Using the Past to Shape the Future: Building Narratives, Taking Responsibility "Experience is the Best Teacher": Participation, Mediation, Authority, Trust Beyond the Intimate Past: Americans and Their Collective Pasts History in Black and Red: African Americans and American Indians and Their Collective Pasts Afterthoughts: Everyone a Historian, by Roy Rosenzweig Afterthoughts: A Participatory Historical Culture, by David Thelen Appendix 1: How We Did the Survey Appendix 2: Tables Notes Index