Against the Grain: A Historian's Journey

Nonfiction, History, Jewish, Biography & Memoir
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Author: Jerold S. Auerbach ISBN: 9781610271233
Publisher: Quid Pro, LLC Publication: March 21, 2014
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Jerold S. Auerbach
ISBN: 9781610271233
Publisher: Quid Pro, LLC
Publication: March 21, 2014
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

AGAINST THE GRAIN is a collection of challenging and insightful essays from a reflective American historian. Jerold Auerbach, Professor Emeritus of History at Wellesley College (where he taught for 40 years), writes in the Foreword how his academic career and his time in Israel "each in its own distinctive way converged to liberate me from my past as a non-Jewish Jew." He adds:

"Regardless of the subject—law, modern American history, Pueblo Indians, American Judaism, Israel—deference to the conventional wisdom never had been my style. I always enjoyed the stimulation of writing against the grain: discovering hidden meanings, challenging historical and political pieties, and exposing the self-serving ideology that often lurked beneath self-evident truths. Providing intellectual catnip, it also enabled me to reach readers far beyond the narrow confines of academic journals."

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AGAINST THE GRAIN is a collection of challenging and insightful essays from a reflective American historian. Jerold Auerbach, Professor Emeritus of History at Wellesley College (where he taught for 40 years), writes in the Foreword how his academic career and his time in Israel "each in its own distinctive way converged to liberate me from my past as a non-Jewish Jew." He adds:

"Regardless of the subject—law, modern American history, Pueblo Indians, American Judaism, Israel—deference to the conventional wisdom never had been my style. I always enjoyed the stimulation of writing against the grain: discovering hidden meanings, challenging historical and political pieties, and exposing the self-serving ideology that often lurked beneath self-evident truths. Providing intellectual catnip, it also enabled me to reach readers far beyond the narrow confines of academic journals."

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