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Who Needs the Past? [PDF ebook]
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This book offers a critique of the all pervasive Western notion that other communities often live in a timeless present. Who Needs the Past? provides first-hand evidence of the interest non-Western, non-academic communities have in the past.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 240 ● ISBN 9781135090562 ● Editor R. Layton ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2012 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2591974 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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