Reckoning with history : unfinished stories of American freedom /

" Reckoning with History brings together original essays from a diverse group of historians who consider how writing about the past can engage with the urgent issues of the present. The contributors-all former students of the distinguished Columbia University historian Eric Foner-explore the us...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Downs, Jim, 1973- (Editor), Dunbar, Erica Armstrong (Editor), Hunter, T. K., 1956-2018 (Editor), McCarthy, Timothy Patrick (Editor), Foner, Eric, 1943- (honouree.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Liberty > History.
History > Political aspects.
Liberté > Histoire.
Histoire > Aspect politique.
HISTORY / Essays
Historiography
Liberty
United States > Historiography.
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART I: ARCHIVES
  • 1. LOOKING FOR ONA JUDGE: AN UNFINISHED STORY OF FREEDOM
  • 2. "LIKE PEOPLE IN HISTORY": WHY SOCIAL HISTORY MATTERS TO THE LGBT COMMUNITY
  • PART II: REVISIONS
  • 3. AMERICAN FOUNDERS RECONSIDERED: THE CASE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON AND HENRY CHRISTOPHE
  • 4 THE CIVIL WAR, SLAVERY, AND THE PROBLEM OF NEUTRALITY
  • 5 HISTORIANS, LINCOLN, AND "THE RUINING OF AMERICA"
  • 6 IN SEARCH OF THE COSTS OF SEGREGATION
  • PART III: HISTORY MATTERS
  • 7 WHY HISTORICAL FILM MATTERS
  • 8 A MOB MUSEUM MATTERS
  • 9 ON LIVING HISTORY AND STORIES UNFINISHED
  • 10 IN THE MATTER OF WORTH
  • EPILOGUE
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • INDEX

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