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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:The Story of American Freedomby Eric Foner
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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. His characters include the well-known-Thomas Jefferson, Frederick Douglass, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan-and the anonymous-former slaves, union organizers, freedom riders, and women's rights advocates. In the end he gives us a stirring history of America itself focused on its animating impulse: freedom. Wonderfully readable . . . an excellent choice for serious readers.-New York Times Book Review Synopsis: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. Description:Includes bibliographical references (p.333-393.) and index. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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