Eric Foner Quotes
- In the Shadow of Slavery covers two and a half centuries of black life in New York City, and skillfully interweaves the categories of race…
- A new future requires a new past.
- For historians, hindsight can be a treacherous ally. Enabling us to trace the hidden patterns of past events, it beguiles us with the mirage of…
- Who owns history? Everyone and no one--which is why the study of the past is a constantly evolving, never-ending journey of discovery.
- Look, Mrs. McGillicuddy, it's not my fault your son jumped out a dorm room window on Christmas eve. I've written over fifty books as a…