The Presence of the Past: Popular Uses of History in American Life (Hardcover, New)

Introduction: Scenes from a Survey
The Presence of the Past: Patterns of Popular Historymaking
Using the Past to Live in the Present: Relationships, Identity, Immorality
Using the Past to Shape the Future: Building Narratives, Taking Responsibility
"Experience is the Best Teacher": Participation, Mediation, Authority, Trust
Beyond the Intimate Past: Americans and Their Collective Pasts
History in Black and Red: African Americans and American Indians and Their Collective Pasts
Afterthoughts: Everyone a Historian, by Roy Rosenzweig
Afterthoughts: A Participatory Historical Culture, by David Thelen
Appendix 1: How We Did the Survey
Appendix 2: Tables
Notes
Index