History Lessons: A Memoir of Madness, Memory, and the Brain - Hardcover

Crais, Clifton

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1468303686 ISBN 13: 9781468303681

Publisher: Overlook Press, 2014

Synopsis

Born in Louisiana to a soon-to-be absent father and an abusive, alcoholic mother, Clifton Crais spent his childhood perched on a bar stool, living with relatives too old or infirm to care for him. Indeed, it is memory - elusive and essential - that forms the centre of Crais' beautifully rendered memoir History Lessons. In an effort to restore his own, Crais brings the tools of his formal training as a historian to bear on himself and his family. Part memoir, part narrative science, part historical detective story, History Lessons explores what it means to be human.

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About the Authors

Clifton Crais is Professor of History and Director of the Institute of African Studies at Emory University, where he teaches courses on history, violence, and memory. He holds a doctorate from The Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of five books, including Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus, with Pamela Scully. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Clifton Crais is Professor of History and Director of the Institute of African Studies at Emory University, where he teaches courses on history, violence, and memory. He holds a doctorate from The Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of five books, including Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus, with Pamela Scully. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Overlook Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1468303686
• ISBN 13: 9781468303681
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 274