Forgetting and the Forgotten: A Thousand Years of Contested Histories in the Heartland

by Michael C. Batinski

WINNER, 2023 Illinois State Historical Society Superior Achievement Award in "Books, Scholarly"

Revealing the forgotten in community histories

Histories try to forget, as this evocative study of one community reveals. Forgetting and the Forgotten details the nature of how a community forged its story against outsiders. Historian Michael C. Batinski explores the habits of forgetting that enable communities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809338378
• ISBN13: 9780809338375
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.6" x 10.3"