The Purpose of the Past: Reflections on the Uses of History Cowboys--Fiction In Holy as You Are

In Holy as You Are

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The Purpose of the Past: Reflections on the Uses of History Cowboys--Fiction In Holy as You AreHistory 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 forty years. In The Purpose of the Past, historian Gordon S. Wood examines this sea change in his field through consideration of some of its most important historians and their works. Along the way, he offers