Wild, Wild West and David Lowenthal.

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 …

…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.