Forgetting and the forgotten : a thousand years of contested histories in the heartland / Michael C. Batinski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Batinski, Michael C., 1943- author.

Series:

Shawnee Bks.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--Illinois--Jackson County--Historiography.

Minorities.

Social classes--Illinois--Jackson County--Historiography.

Social classes.

Marginality, Social--Illinois--Jackson County--Historiography.

Marginality, Social.

Local history.

Jackson County (Ill.)--History.

Jackson County (Ill.).

Jackson County (Ill.)--Historiography.

Jackson County (Ill.)--Race relations--Historiography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale, Illinois : Southern Illinois University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"This detailed yet comprehensive historiography charts the ways that local historians in Jackson County, Illinois, marginalized and silenced Native American, African American, and working-class experiences--especially the violence toward Indian and black actors--in favor of a history centered on white privilege and progress"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Abbreviations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part One: Forgetting Habits

1. Dispossessing: Land and Past

2. Squaring the Circles, Filling the Squares

3. Settlers and Transients

4. Civil Wars and Silences

5. Gilding the Past

Part Two: Habits Kept, Habits Questioned

6. Passersby, Rich and Penniless

7. Reconstruction and Race

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Other Titles in the Series

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Batinski, Michael C. Forgetting and the Forgotten

ISBN:

9780809338382

OCLC:

1321792103