The Death of the Past

J. Plumb, N. Ferguson, S. Schama

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Palgrave
05 December 2003

History; Historiography

In this text, J.H. Plumb investigates the way that humankind has, since the beginning of recorded time, moulded the past to give sanction to their institutions of government, their social structure and morality. The past has also been called upon to explain the nature of our destiny in order both to strengthen the objectives of society and to reconcile us to our lot. In this book, which now contains a new introduction by Niall Ferguson and a new foreword by Simon Schama, J.H. Plumb questions this sanction of the past, the force that it has on our sense of destiny and its relevance to our own times.

By: J. Plumb, N. Ferguson, S. Schama
Imprint: Palgrave
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781403906984
ISBN 10: 140390698X
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 05 December 2003
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword; S.Schama, CBE Introduction The Sanction of the Past The Past as Destiny The Role of History

J.H. (Sir John) PLUMB, FBA, is sometime Emeritus Professor of Modern English History, University of Cambridge and was Master of Christ's College, Cambridge from 1978 to 1982. - NIALL FERGUSON is Professor of Political and Financial History, Jesus College, Oxford. Two of his most recently published books are Empire; The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power and The Cash Nexus; Money and Power in the Modern World, 1700-2000. - SIMON SCHAMA , CBE, is Professor of History at Columbia University, New York, and is the author of many books, most recently the three volumes of A History of Britain.