Nothing Happened: A History

by Susan Crane

Book Overview

The past is what happened. History is what we remember and write about that past, the narratives we craft to make sense out of our memories and their sources. But what does it mean to look at the past and to remember that "nothing happened"? Why might we feel as if "nothing is the way it was"? This book transforms these utterly ordinary observations and redefines "Nothing" as something we have known and can remember.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 150361347X
• ISBN13: 9781503613478
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.2"