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Slavery and Public History: The Tough Stuff of American Memory
Lois E. Horton (Ed.)
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Description for Slavery and Public History: The Tough Stuff of American Memory
Paperback. How do Americans reckon with slavery? This book offers an analysis of how people remember their past and how the lessons they draw influence American politics and culture. Editor(s): Horton, James Oliver; Horton, Lois E. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
How do Americans reckon with slavery? America's slave past is being analyzed as never before, yet it remains one of the most contentious issues in U.S. memory. In recent years, the culture wars over the way that slavery is remembered and taught have reached a new crescendo. From the argument about the display of the Confederate flag over the state house in Columbia, South Carolina, to the dispute over Thomas Jefferson's relationship with his slave Sally Hemings and the ongoing debates about reparations, the questions grow ever more urgent and more difficult.Edited by noted historians James Oliver Horton and Lois ... Read more
How do Americans reckon with slavery? America's slave past is being analyzed as never before, yet it remains one of the most contentious issues in U.S. memory. In recent years, the culture wars over the way that slavery is remembered and taught have reached a new crescendo. From the argument about the display of the Confederate flag over the state house in Columbia, South Carolina, to the dispute over Thomas Jefferson's relationship with his slave Sally Hemings and the ongoing debates about reparations, the questions grow ever more urgent and more difficult.Edited by noted historians James Oliver Horton and Lois ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807859162
SKU
V9780807859162
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About Lois E. Horton (Ed.)
JAMES OLIVER HORTON is Benjamin Banneker Professor Emeritus of American Studies and History at George Washington University. LOIS E. HORTON is professor of history emerita at George Mason University.
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