Slavery and public history : the tough stuff of American memory

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Contributors: Horton, James Oliver., Horton, Lois E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New Press : Distributed by Norton, c2006.
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260 |a New York :  |b New Press :  |b Distributed by Norton,  |c c2006. 
300 |a xiv, 272 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 24 cm. 
500 |a "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. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Coming to terms with slavery in twenty-first-century America / Ira Berlin -- If you don't tell it like it was, it can never be as it ought to be / David W. Blight -- Slavery in American history: an uncomfortable national dialogue / James Oliver Horton -- The last great taboo subject: exhibiting slavery at the Library of Congress / John Michael Vlach -- For whom will the Liberty Bell toll? From controversy to cooperation / Gary B. Nash -- Recovering (from) slavery: four struggles to tell the truth / Joanne Melish -- Avoiding history: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and the uncomfortable public conversation on slavery / Lois E. Horton -- Southern comfort levels: race, heritage tourism, and the Civil War in Richmond / Marie Tyler-McGraw -- "A cosmic threat": the National Park Service addresses the causes of the American Civil War / Dwight T. Pitcaithley -- In search of a usable past: neo-Confederates and black Confederates / Bruce Levine -- Epilogue: Reflections / Edward T. Linenthal. 
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