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An enlightening conversation between top historians on memorialization, the proper role of public intellectuals, and how history happens

About the Author

Catherine Clinton is the Douglas Southall Freeman Visiting Professor of History at the University of Richmond. She is the author of several books, including Tara Revisited.

Jim Downs is an associate professor of history at Connecticut College and author of Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Reviews

With its focus on timely controversies and their historical roots, Confederate Statues and Memorialization will occupy a unique niche in the academic publishing world.--Anne Marshall "author of Creating a Confederate Kentucky: The Lost Cause and Civil War Memory in a Border State"