1. Editors’ Letter: The Public Life of History–Bain Attwood, Dipesh Chakrabarty, and Claudio Lomnitz
2. Passages to Freedom: The Politics of Racial Reconciliation in South Africa–
Achille Mbembe
3. Red Mosque–Faisal Devji
4. How History Mattered: Sodomy Law and Marriage Reform in the United States–George Chauncey
5. Narrating the Neoliberal Moment: History, Journalism, Historicity–Claudio Lomnitz
6. Predicaments of Secular Histories–Neeladri Bhattacharya
7. In the Age of Testimony: The Stolen Generations Narrative, “Distance,” and Public History–Bain Attwood
8. Making History Public: Indigenous Claims to Settler States–Miranda Johnson
9. History as Confession: The Case of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission–Deborah Posel
10. The Public Life of History: An Argument out of India–Dipesh Chakrabarty
11. Books Received
12. Contributors