Marking the Mind
A History of Memory

"Against the conceit that the question of memory is a problem to be solved entirely along experimental or neurobiological lines, Danziger presents a brilliant exposition of what he calls the "domestication of memory". To remember is to be engaged in social practices with a host of cultural artifacts. An enthralling history of what different eras have taken to be the locus of memory; this work convincingly demonstrates that the history of theories of memory is not to be confused with the history of memory."
--Henderikus J. Stam, University of Calgary

"In this amazing historical treatise on the concept of memory, Danziger (York Univ., Canada) offers a materialist perspective on how memory tasks, technologies, and views about memory have developed from antiquity to the present...The writing is impeccable--even the copius annotated bibliographic notes at the end of each chapter make excellent reading. Anyone interested in the psychology of human learning, memory, and cognition must read this book. Essential..."
--G.C. Gamst, University of La Verne, CHOICE [June 2009 Vol. 46 No. 10]

"...engaging across the entire text...enlighten a much broader readership whose interest in understanding memory as a faculty moves well beyond college-level classes...the author's skillful writing is certain to generate curiosity in much of his work."
--Metapsychology, Maura Pilotti, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Hunter College, New York

"... This book is wide in scope and impressive in its scholarship and erudition... a wonderful book, a success on all levels... Marking the Mind is essential reading for anyone with a strong interest in the study of memory, from any of its many possible perspectives. Rarely have I been so glad to have read a book."
--Henry L. Roediger III, PsycCRITIQUES [Vol. 54, Release 32, Article 1]