- 240 pages
- English
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About this book
In thiscollection of polemical pieces, Foner expounds on the relevance ofAbraham Lincoln's legacy in the age of Obama and on the need foranother era of Reconstruction. In addition to articles in which Fonercalls out politicians and the powerful for their abuse and misuseof American history, Foner assesses some of his fellow leadinghistorians of the late 20th century, including Richard Hofstadter,Howard Zinn and Eric Hobsbawm. Foner ends with an open letterto Bernie Sanders analysing the great tradition of radicalism thathe has spent his career studying and which, he argues, Americansof progressive disposition should seek to celebrate and retrieve.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Men and the Symbols
- The Televised Past
- The Romance of the Market
- Fighting for the West (written with Jon Wiener)
- The Education of Richard Hofstadter
- Time for a Third Reconstruction
- Hiring Quotas for White Males Only
- The Great Divide
- Our Monumental Mistakes
- Rebel Yell
- Shedding Lincoln’s Mantle
- Partisanship Rules
- Southern Comfort
- The Most Patriotic Act
- Changing History
- None Dare Call It Treason
- Lincoln’s Antiwar Record
- Our Lincoln
- The Professional
- Zinn’s Critical History
- Twisting History in Texas
- Remembering Eric Hobsbawm
- The Civil War in “Postracial” America
- Warped History
- An American Birthright
- Letter to Bernie
- Teaching the History of American Radicalism in the Age of Obama
- A Usable Past: An Interview
- Back Cover
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