Challenging History - Race, Equity, and the Practice of Public History

A collection of essays that examine how the history of slavery and race in the United States has been interpreted and inserted at public historic sites

About the author

Rachel Clare Donaldson is an assistant professor of public history at the College of Charleston and author of "I Hear America Singing": Folk Music and National Identity. John W. White, founding director of the Lowcountry Digital History Initiative and dean of libraries at the College of Charleston, is coeditor of Laying the Foundation: Digital Humanities in Academic Libraries.
Leah Worthington is co-director of the Lowcountry Digital History Initiative and associate director of the Lowcountry Digital Library at the College of Charleston.

Summary

Invites public historians to consider the ethical implications of the narratives they choose to share and makes the case that an inclusive, honest, and complete portrayal of the past has the potential to reshape collective memory and ideas about the meaning of American history and citizenship.

Product details

• Assisted by: Rachel Clare Donaldson (Editor), John W White (Editor), John W. White (Editor), Leah Worthington (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of South Carolina Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781643362007
• ISBN: 978-1-64336-200-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 231 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Series: Carolina Lowcountry and the Atlantic World; Carolina Lowcountry and the At
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous