Reckoning with history unfinished stories of American freedom / edited by Jim Downs, Erica Armstrong Dunbar, T. K. Hunter, and Timothy Patrick McCarthy.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Columbia University Press, [2021] |
| Description | viii, 223 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Downs, Jim, 1973- |
| Other author/creator | Dunbar, Erica Armstrong. |
| Other author/creator | Hunter, T. K., 1956-2018. |
| Other author/creator | McCarthy, Timothy Patrick. |
| Other author/creator | Foner, Eric, 1943- |
| Partial contents | Archives -- Looking for Ona Judge : an unfinished story of freedom / Erica Armstrong Dunbar -- "Like people in history" : why social history matters to the LGBT community / Jim Downs -- Revisions -- American founders reconsidered : the case of Thomas Jefferson and Henry Christophe / Ashli White -- The Civil War, slavery, and the problem of neutrality / April E. Holm -- Historians, Lincoln, and "the ruining of America" / Matthew Taylor Raffety -- In search of the costs of segregation / Elizabeth A. Herbin-Triant -- |
| Partial contents | History matters -- Why historical film matters / Kellie Carter Jackson -- A mob museum matters / Michael Green -- On living history and stories unfinished / Timothy Patrick McCarthy -- In the matter of worth : the value of black lives and the law / T.K. Hunter -- Epilogue: Eric Foner : historian of American freedom / Katrina vanden Heuvel. |
| Abstract | " 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 uses and politics of history through key episodes across a wide range of struggles for freedom. They shed new light on how different groups have defined and fought for freedom throughout American history, as well as the ways in which the ideal of freedom remains unrealized today. Covering a broad range of topics, these essays offer insight into how historians practice their craft in different ways and illuminate what it means to be a socially and politically engaged historian"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020057629 |
| ISBN | 9780231192569 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9780231192576 (trade paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |