Who owns history? / Foner, Eric

Analyzes the relationship of the historian to the past and future of the world, and focuses on globalization, collapse of the Soviet Union, the removal of apartheid in South Africa and the legacies of slavery in the United States.

Contains nine essays, written between 1983 and 2001, in which the author considers the relationship between the historian and his or her world, discussing the politics of history and historians, the rethinking of history in a changing world, and depictions of the Civil War.