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The Story of American Freedom

3.9/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 448

Format: Paperback

Publisher: W. W. Norton Company

Release: September 17, 1999

ISBN: 0393319628

ISBN 13: 9780393319620

The Story of American Freedom

3.9/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 448

Format: Paperback

Publisher: W. W. Norton Company

Release: September 17, 1999

ISBN: 0393319628

ISBN 13: 9780393319620

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