The Purpose of the Past: Reflections on the Uses of History by Gordon S. Wood

The Purpose of the Past: Reflections on the Uses of History

Gordon S. Wood

missing duration info Add in missing duration information first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction essays history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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History is to society what memory is to the individual--without it, we don't know who we are and we can't make wise decisions about our future. But while the nature of memory is constant, the nature of history has changed radically over the past f...

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