Doing History From The Bottom Up
Doing History From The Bottom Up
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Summary
Staughton Lynd challenges academics to see American history through eyes of the poor and working class participants in history.
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Doing History From The Bottom Up by Staughton Lynd
In the 1960s, historians on both sides of the Atlantic began to challenge the assumptions of their colleagues and push for an understanding of history from below.' In this collection Staughton Lynd, himself one of the pioneers of this approach, laments the passing of fellow luminaries David Montgomery, E.P. Thompson, Alfred Young and Howard Zinn, and makes the case that contemporary academics and activists alike should take more seriously the stories and perspectives of Native Americans, slaves, rank-and-file workers and other still-too-frequently marginalised voices.'
Staughton Lynd received a BA from Harvard, an MA and PhD from Columbia, and a JD from the University of Chicago. He taught American history at Spelman College in Atlanta, where one of his students was the future Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Alice Walker, and at Yale University. Staughton served as director of Freedom Schools in the Mississippi Summer Project of 1964, and has written or edited numerous books.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781608463886 |
| ISBN 10 | 1608463885 |
| Title | Doing History From The Bottom Up |
| Author | Staughton Lynd |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Haymarket Books |
| Year published | 2014-12-09 |
| Number of pages | 178 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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