One of the most important academic books I’ve ever read alongside Michel Foucault’s “The History of Sexuality.” This should be mandatory reading for all college history students. I really wish I had read this in college but I’m glad I had the chance to read it now. I can’t say enough good things about this book. Trouillot masterfully ties in not just history of the Alamo, the Haitian Revolution, Columbus, and Disney’s America, but manages to discuss them as examples for how history is produced, and how hegemony is created and disseminated, sometimes without even intending to propagate hegemony. I’ve learned so much from reading this book and I’m so excited to continue revisiting this for years to come and further analyzing Trouillot’s arguments. Incredible.