Confederate "Heritage" Month, April 17: Slavery and the American national narrative
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Civil War historian David Blight provides a good summary of how history narratives intersect with current conceptions of national identity in 'A Doubtful Freedom' New York Review 01/16/2020: That the United States has been a “nation” since its founding — struggling through slavery, civil conflict, labor strife, economic depressions, and deep ethnic and racial divisions but still surviving as a single polity and people — has long been an article of faith in triumphal versions of our history.
Confederate "Heritage" Month, April 17: Slavery and the American national narrative
Confederate "Heritage" Month, April 17…
Confederate "Heritage" Month, April 17: Slavery and the American national narrative
Civil War historian David Blight provides a good summary of how history narratives intersect with current conceptions of national identity in 'A Doubtful Freedom' New York Review 01/16/2020: That the United States has been a “nation” since its founding — struggling through slavery, civil conflict, labor strife, economic depressions, and deep ethnic and racial divisions but still surviving as a single polity and people — has long been an article of faith in triumphal versions of our history.