| Description |
xiv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Coming to terms with slavery in twenty-first century America / Ira Berlin -- 2. If you don't tell it like it was, it can never be as it ought to be / David W. Blight -- 3. Slavery in American history : an uncomfortable national dialogue / James Oliver Horton -- 4. The last great taboo subject : exhibiting slavery at the Library of Congress / John Michael Vlach -- 5. For whom will the Liberty Bell toll? -- 6. Recovering (from) slavery : four struggles to tell the truth / Joanne Melish -- 7. Avoiding history : Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and the uncomfortable public conversation on slavery / Lois E. Horton -- 8. Southern comfort levels : race, heritage tourism, and the Civil War in Richmond / Marie Tyler-McGraw -- 9. "A cosmic threat" : the National Park Service addresses the causes of the American Civil War / Dwight T. Pitcaithley -- 10. In search of a usable past : neo-Confederates and black Confederates / Bruce Levine -- 11. Epilogue : reflections / Edward T. Linenthal |
| Summary |
"Edited by noted historians James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton, Slavery and Public History explores current controversies and offers an analysis of how people remember their past and how the lessons they draw influence American politics and culture today. Bringing together some of the nation's best and most respected historians, including Ira Berlin, David W. Blight, and Gary B. Nash, this is a major contribution to the unsettling but crucial debate about the significance of slavery and its meaning for racial reconciliation."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
"A collection of essays that focus on public history and the difficulty that public historians encounter in dealing with the history of American slavery"--Introd |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Slavery -- United States -- History.
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Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History.
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Slavery -- United States -- Historiography.
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Public history -- United States.
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Historic sites -- Political aspects -- United States.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
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| Author |
Horton, James Oliver.
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Horton, Lois E.
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| LC no. |
2005052254 |
| ISBN |
1565849604 |
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9781565849600 |
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