American Places: Encounters with History

American Places: Encounters with History

by WilliamE.Leuchtenburg (Editor)

Synopsis

For anyone interested in history, the physical traces of the past, especially places, haold a special fascination. Sometimes such a visit raises new questions in our minds. James McPherson has described walking in the field where Pickett's men charged at Gettysburg and wondering, what made them do it? But whatever our motivation for visiting these places, or how they affect us, there is no question that we understand the past in a different way when we encounter it on the ground . We can touch, or be touched by, history in many places that are not historic sites' in the guidebook sense. A rusted bridge on Route 66 may speak more evocatively to us than the Bunker Hill Monument - partly because each of us has an individual sensibility, and also because each encounter with the past is unique. In this work, some of American's most gifted historians write about their own encounters with historic places, bringing a personal viewpoint to bear on a wide variety of sites, ranging from Monticello to Fenway Park, Queens to cyberspace.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Published: 01 Jan 2001

ISBN 10: 019513026X
ISBN 13: 9780195130263

Author Bio

William E. Leuchtenburg is William J. Kenan, Jr. Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He has served as president of both the Organization of American Historians and the American Historical Association. His books include The FDR Years and Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1940, winner of the Bancroft and Francis Parkman Prizes.