Foner, Eric.

Who owns history? : rethinking the past in a changing world / Eric Foner. - 1st ed. - New York : Hill and Wang, 2002. - xix, 233 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-219) and index.

Machine generated contents note: Preface x -- PART I -- THE POLITICS OF HISTORY -- AND HISTORIANS -- 1. My Life as a Historian 3 -- 2. The Education of Richard Hofstadter 25 -- PART II -- RETHINKING HISTORY -- IN A CHANGING WORLD -- 3. American Freedom in a Global Age 49 -- 4. The Russians Write a New History 75 -- 5. "We Must Forget the Past": -- History in the New South Africa 88 -- 6. Why Is There No Socialism in the United States? 110 -- PART III -- THE ENDURING CIVIL WAR -- 7. Who Is an American? 149 -- 8. Blacks and the U.S. Constitution 167 -- 9. Ken Burns and the Romance of Reunion 189 -- Notes 205 -- Index 221.

0809097044 (hc : alk. paper)


United States--Philosophy.--Politics and government
United States--Historiography.
United States--Philosophy.--History

E175.9 / .F66 2002

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