Memory and American History

Abstract

Introduction: Memory and American History David Thelen American History and the Structures of Collective Memory: A Modest Exercise In Empirical Iconography Michael Frisch OFor Something beyond the BattlefieldO: Frederick Douglass and the Struggle for the Memory of the Civil War David W. Blight Rescripting a Troubled Past: John BrownOs Family and the Harpers Ferry Conspiracy Robert E. McGlone Power and Memory in Oral History: Workers and Managers at Studebaker John Bodnar Remembering the Discovery of the Watergate Tapes Introduction David Thelen Watergate Reminiscences Donald G. Sanders Friday the Thirteeneth Scott Armstrong Conversations between Alexander P. Butterfield and David Thelen about the Discovery of the Watergate Tapes The Timless Past: Some Anglo-American Historical Preconceptions David Lowenthal Index