Time Maps

List of Figures
Preface
Introduction- The Social Structure of Memory
1 - THE SOCIAL SHAPE OF THE PAST
Plotlines and Narratives
Progress
Decline
A Zigzag in Time
Ladders and Trees
Circles and Rhymes
Mountains and Valleys
Legato and Staccato
2 - HISTORICAL CONTINUITY
Same Place
Relics and Memorabilia
Imitations and Replication
"Same" Time
Historical Analogy
Discursive Continuity
3 - ANCESTRY AND DESCENT
Dynasties and Pedigree
Common Descent
The Social Organization of Descent
The "Family of Man"
Apes and Grapes
Language and Lineage
4 - HISTORICAL DISCONTINUITY
The Social Punctuation of the Past
Assimilation and Differentiation
History and Prehistory
The Social Construction of Historical Discontinuity
5 - IN THE BEGINNINGS
Antiquity
Priority
Notes
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index