Who owns history?: rethinking the past in a changing world

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"History has become a matter of public controversy as Americans clash over such things as museum presentations, the flying of the Confederate flag, and reparations for slavery. So whose history is being written? Who owns it? Eric Foner answers these and other questions about the historian's relationship to the world in this provocative, even controversial, study of the reasons we care about history--or should."--p. [4] of cover.;Preface -- Part I : Politics of history and historians -- My life as a historian ; Education of Richard Hofstadter -- Part II : Rethinking history in a changing world -- American freedom in a global age ; Russians write a new history ; We must forget the past : history in the new South Africa ; Why is there no socialism in the United States? -- Part III : Enduring civil war -- Who is an American? ; Blacks and the U.S. Constitution ; Ken Burns and the romance of reunion. Preface -- Part I : Politics of history and historians -- My life as a historian Education of Richard Hofstadter -- Part II : Rethinking history in a changing world -- American freedom in a global age Russians write a new history We must forget the past : history in the new South Africa Why is there no socialism in the United States? -- Part III : Enduring civil war -- Who is an American? Blacks and the U.S. Constitution Ken Burns and the romance of reunion.