Past and Present: To Learn from History Sebastian Smee With its beautiful photographs and

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Past and Present: To Learn from History Sebastian Smee With its beautiful photographs andWhat history teaches us: writers and theorists on the lessons of the past. How can our understanding of the past help to solve our present political or economic conditions and conflicts? Edited by Swedish author Kurt Almqvist and historian Mattias Hessrus, the essays in this volume range from discussions of the history of ideas and ideologies to evolutionary psychology, as writers configure new ways in which to apply history to today's concerns such