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Picture your twenty-first birthday. Did you have a party? If so, do you remember who was there? Now step back: how clear are those memories? Are they hidden somewhere in your brain, or are they lost forever? This book shows that the answers have changed dramatically in just the past century.

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"Winter combines a flair for storytelling with a scrupulous attention to historical evidence, offering a history at once intellectually satisfying and, well, mesmerizing." -Publishers Weekly "A captivating inquiry into a bizarre and neglected mystical phenomenon." -Kirkus Reviews"

Memory

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    A Hardback by Alison Winter

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 16/01/2012
      ISBN13: 9780226902586, 978-0226902586
      ISBN10: 0226902587

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Picture your twenty-first birthday. Did you have a party? If so, do you remember who was there? Now step back: how clear are those memories? Are they hidden somewhere in your brain, or are they lost forever? This book shows that the answers have changed dramatically in just the past century.

      Trade Review
      "Winter combines a flair for storytelling with a scrupulous attention to historical evidence, offering a history at once intellectually satisfying and, well, mesmerizing." -Publishers Weekly "A captivating inquiry into a bizarre and neglected mystical phenomenon." -Kirkus Reviews"

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