| The Story of American Freedom Contributor(s): Foner, Eric (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393319628 ISBN-13: 9780393319620 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1999 Annotation: Freedom is the cornerstone of his sweeping narrative that focuses not only congressional debates and political treatises since the Revolution but how the fight for freedom took place on plantation and picket lines and in parlors and bedrooms. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General - Political Science | Civil Rights |
| Dewey: 323.440 |
| Series: Norton Paperback |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.85 lbs) 448 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Foner, Eric: - Eric Foner is the pre-eminent historian of the Civil War era. His teaching and scholarship have shaped our understanding of that pivotal period. His books have garnered every major award, including the Pulitzer Prize for The Fiery Trial, his study of Lincoln and American slavery. The DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University, he also writes frequently for the Nation and other major periodicals. He lives in New York City. |