Time maps : collective memory and the social shape of the past / Eviatar Zerubavel.
Time maps : collective memory and the social shape of the past / Eviatar Zerubavel.
Time maps : collective memory and the social shape of the past / Eviatar Zerubavel.
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Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, c2003.
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N304.23/ 16
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
Introduction: The Social Structure of Memory -- 1. The Social Shape of the Past -- 2. Historical Continuity -- 3. Ancestry and Descent -- 4. Historical Discontinuity -- 5. In the Beginnings.
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Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, c2003.
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Illinois
Date Published
c2003.
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Summary
"Who were the first people to inhabit North America? Does the West Bank belong to the Arabs or the Jews? Why are racists so obsessed with origins? Is a seventh cousin still a cousin? Why do some societies name their children after dead ancestors?".
"Most people think the Roman Empire ended in 476, even though it lasted another 977 years in Byzantium. Challenging such conventional wisdom, Time Maps will be must reading for anyone interested in how the history of our world takes shape."--BOOK JACKET....
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Time maps : collective memory and the social shape of the past / Eviatar Zerubavel.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2003.
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N304.23/ 16
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74VveMVlXGLX
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ISBN
0226981525 :
9780226981529 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0226981525 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780226981529 :
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304.23
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991017005439702626
