{"product_id":"who-owns-history-rethinking-the-past-in-a-changing-world","title":"Who Owns History? Rethinking the Past in a Changing World","description":"A thought-provoking new book from one of America's finest historians\n\n\"History,\" wrote James Baldwin, \"does not refer merely, or even principally, to the past. On the contrary, the great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all that we do.\"\n\nRarely has Baldwin's insight been more forcefully confirmed than during the past few decades. History has become a matter of public controversy, as Americans clash over such things as museum presentations, the flying of the Confederate flag, or reparations for slavery. So whose history is being written? Who owns it?\n\nIn Who Owns History?, Eric Foner proposes his answer to these and other questions about the historian's relationship to the world of the past and future. He reconsiders his own earlier ideas and those of the pathbreaking Richard Hofstadter. He also examines international changes during the past two decades--globalization, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the end of apartheid in South Africa--and their effects on historical consciousness. He concludes with considerations of the enduring, but often misunderstood, legacies of slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. This is a provocative, even controversial, study of the reasons we care about history--or should.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0809097044\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0809097044.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Foner, Eric\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41623856283706,"sku":"DBV.0809097044.G","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0809097044-0.jpg?v=1788056260","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/who-owns-history-rethinking-the-past-in-a-changing-world","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}