Eric Foner Quotes

Historian

Eric Foner is a distinguished historian specializing in the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era. His extensive research and publications have greatly influenced the understanding of American history.

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“Who owns history? Everyone and no one--which is why the study of the past is a constantly evolving, never-ending journey of discovery.”

Past Study Journey Discovery Evolve Never Ending

Book:Who Owns History?: Rethinking the Past in a Changing World

Source: Who Owns History?: Rethinking the Past in a Changing World

“A new future requires a new past.”

Past History New Future

Book:Who Owns History?: Rethinking the Past in a Changing World

Source: Who Owns History?: Rethinking the Past in a Changing World

“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 inevitability, the assumption that different outcomes lay beyond the limits of the possible.”

Different Past Events Limits Lays Patterns Outcomes Assumption Allies Historian Hindsight Enabling Inevitability Treacherous Mirages Past Events

Book:Reconstruction: America's unfinished revolution, 1863-1877

Source: Reconstruction: America's unfinished revolution, 1863-1877

About the Author

Born: February 7, 1943
Known for: Historian
Quotes: 23

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Who Owns History?: Rethinking the Past in a Changing WorldRelated source material

Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877Related source material

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