"Now that so many grand projects of the past are up for reappraisal, Michel-Rolph Trouillot interrogates history, to ask how histories are, in fact, produced. . . . A beautifully written book, exciting in its challenges."
--Eric. R. Wolf
"An accessible book filled with wisdom and humanity."
--Bernard Mergen,
American Studies International "Aphoristic and witty, [
Silencing the Past] shows that the two senses in which history is made, by doers and by tellers, meet in moments of evidentiary silence. . . . A hard-nosed look at the soft edges of public discourse about the past."
--Arjun Appadurai
"Written with clarity, wit, and style throughout, this book is for everyone interested in historical culture."
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American Historical Review "[Trouillot was] a transformative presence in multiple fields [who] redefined the meaning of scholarship. . . . Trouillot taught us all how to read carefully, argue passionately, and write responsibly."
--Colin Dayan,
Boston Review