Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1: Without Resolution: The Jeffersonian Tension in American Nationalism; 2: A Different Kind of Independence: The Postwar Restructuring of the Historical Study of Early America; 3: The American Heritage: The Heirs and the Disinherited; 4: Recovering America's Historic Diversity: Beyond Exceptionalism; 5: The Enlightenment Project in a Postmodernist Age; 6: One Good Turn Deserves Another: Moving Beyond the Linguistic: A Response to David Harlan; 7: The Power of History
8: Presidents, Congress, and Courts: Partisan Passions in Motion9: The Vexed Story of Capitalism Told by American Historians; Index; About the Author
Summary
Distinguished historian Joyce Appleby has been at the forefront of many of the recent debates about historians and the public's history. In this engaging work, she brings together her most important reflections on the historian's craft and its importance. A Restless Past carefully examines the ways in which the dynamic events of the second half of the twentieth century have significantly altered the way historians approach the past and highlights the incredible power they hold in shaping a national identity
