"Who Owns History? testifies to Eric Foner's lifelong personal commitment to writing histories that advance the struggle for racial equality and economic justice." ―David Glassberg, The Sunday Star-Ledger
History has become a matter of public controversy, as Americans clash over such things as museum presentations, the flying of the Confederate flag, and reparations for slavery. So whose history is being written? Who owns it?
Eric Foner answers these and other questions about the historian's relationship to the world of the past and future in this provocative, even controversial, study of the reasons we care about history―or should.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
A thought-provoking new book from one of America's finest historians.
"History," wrote James Baldwin, "does not refer merely, or even principally, to the past. On the contrary, the great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all that we do."
Rarely has Baldwin's insight been more forcefully confirmed than during the past few decades. History has become a matter of public controversy, as Americans clash over such things as museum presentations, the flying of the Confederate flag, or reparations for slavery. So whose history is being written? Who owns it?
In Who Owns History?, Eric Foner proposes his answer to these and other questions about the historian's relationship to the world of the past and future. He reconsiders his own earlier ideas and those of the pathbreaking Richard Hofstadter. He also examines international changes during the past two decades -- globalization, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the end of apartheid in South Africa -- and their effects on historical consciousness. He concludes with considerations of the enduring, but often misunderstood, legacies of slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. This is a provocative, even controversial, study of the reasons we care about history -- or should.
Eric Foner is DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University. He is the author of many highly acclaimed works in American history, notably The Story of American Freedom and Reconstruction. He lives in New York City.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
FREE
Within U.S.A.
Book Description Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Who Owns History?: Rethinking the Past in a Changing World 0.7. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9780809097050
Book Description Condition: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition. Seller Inventory # bk0809097052xvz189zvxnew
Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. This item is printed on demand. Seller Inventory # 9780809097050
Book Description Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published 0.65. Seller Inventory # 353-0809097052-new
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # ABLIING23Feb2416190216020
Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. Brand New! This item is printed on demand. Seller Inventory # 0809097052
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # I-9780809097050
Book Description paperback. Condition: New. First Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes). Seller Inventory # 000611356N
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Brand New Copy. Seller Inventory # BBB_new0809097052
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0809097052