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The Story Of American Freedom Paper
Eric Foner
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Description for The Story Of American Freedom Paper
Paperback. A stirring history of America focused on its animating impulse: freedom. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 350.
From the Revolution to our own time, freedom has been America's strongest cultural bond and its most perilous fault line, a birthright for some Americans and a cruel mockery for others. Eric Foner takes freedom not as a timeless truth but as a value whose meaning and scope have been contested throughout American history. His sweeping narrative shows freedom to have been shaped not only in congressional debates and political treatises but also on plantations and picket lines, in parlors and bedrooms, by our acknowledged leaders and by former slaves, union organizers, freedom riders, and women's rights activists.
From the Revolution to our own time, freedom has been America's strongest cultural bond and its most perilous fault line, a birthright for some Americans and a cruel mockery for others. Eric Foner takes freedom not as a timeless truth but as a value whose meaning and scope have been contested throughout American history. His sweeping narrative shows freedom to have been shaped not only in congressional debates and political treatises but also on plantations and picket lines, in parlors and bedrooms, by our acknowledged leaders and by former slaves, union organizers, freedom riders, and women's rights activists.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393319620
SKU
V9780393319620
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99-15
About Eric Foner
Eric Foner is DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University. In his teaching and scholarship, he focuses on the Civil War and Reconstruction, slavery, and nineteenth-century America. He has served as president of the Organization of American Historians and the American Historical Association. In 2006, he received the Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching from Columbia University. His most ... Read more
Reviews for The Story Of American Freedom Paper
"Brilliant, important.... [A] superb book."
Fred Anderson - Los Angeles Times Book Review "Succinct, information-packed, wonderfully readable.... An excellent choice for serious readers."
Pauline Maier - New York Times Book Review "Foner tackles the whole drama of American history. He succeeds, with far-reaching intelligence and a genial respect for his reader."
Mark Greif - Boston Sunday Globe ... Read more
Fred Anderson - Los Angeles Times Book Review "Succinct, information-packed, wonderfully readable.... An excellent choice for serious readers."
Pauline Maier - New York Times Book Review "Foner tackles the whole drama of American history. He succeeds, with far-reaching intelligence and a genial respect for his reader."
Mark Greif - Boston Sunday Globe ... Read more