{"product_id":"january-6-and-the-politics-of-history-paperback","title":"January 6 and the Politics of History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJim Downs\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJim Downs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStephanie McCurry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn January 6, 2021, more than two thousand rioters stormed the doors of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., hoping to interrupt the peaceful transfer of power from former president Donald Trump to his successor, Joseph Biden. The deaths, property damage, and vicious rampage that ensued were witnessed on live television as an unprecedented attack on the democratic process and those who strive to protect it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs an installment of UGA Press's History in the Headlines series, this book offers a rich discussion between highly respected scholars on the historical backdrop and context for contemporary issues from the headlines. In addition to the historical context, this conversation demonstrates how historians speak to one another about contentious topics and how they contribute in meaningful ways to the public's understanding of momentous events. This volume focuses on the historical context of the January 6 attack and employs a free-flowing conversation style that allows the historians a more unconventional format. The participants discuss if--and if so, how--historians should engage in public debates and what that engagement means to their roles as academic authorities in the public.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim Downs (Author, Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e JIM DOWNS is the Gilder Lehrman-National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of History at Gettysburg College. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMaladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction\u003c\/i\u003e and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eBeyond Freedom: Disrupting the History of Emancipation\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eConnexions: Histories of Race and Sex in North America\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephanie McCurry (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e STEPHANIE MCCURRY is professor of history at Columbia University. She is the author of three prize winning books, including \u003ci\u003eWomen's War: Fighting and Surviving the American Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eConfederate Reckoning: Power and Politics in the Civil War South\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoanne B. Freeman (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e JOANNE B. FREEMAN is professor of history at Yale University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eAffairs of Honor: National Politics in the New Republic \u003c\/i\u003eand the editor of \u003ci\u003eAlexander Hamilton: Writings.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Hinton (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ELIZABETH HINTON is associate professor of history and African American studies at Yale University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eAmerica on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrom the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJill Lepore (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e JILL LEPORE is the David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. Her many books include \u003ci\u003eThese Truths: A History of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Secret History of Wonder Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBook of Ages\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Sturkey (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e WILLIAM STURKEY is an associate professor of history at the the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eHattiesburg: An American City in Black and White\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTo Write in the Light of Freedom: The Newspapers of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Schools.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulian E. Zelizer (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e JULIAN ZELIZER is professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the award-winning author and editor of many books, including \u003ci\u003eBurning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, The Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 6.6 x 4.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45522912084070,"sku":"9780820364049","price":33.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/PVgIJUm-1g9780820364049.webp?v=1776523842","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/january-6-and-the-politics-of-history-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}