Historical Thinking 
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9/4/2022
Society and Historical Memory: Six Common Ways People Relate to the Past
by Andrew Joseph Pegoda
Although historians are trained to think of the past in particular and disciplined ways, understanding how people en masse understand the past is also vital because these understandings—inaccurate as they often are—are vital and embody important information about their hopes and fears.
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