The Story of American Freedom
Wendy Phillips
by Eric Foner
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393046656/wendysmall
The word "freedom" has always been used to define America,
yet as Columbia University history professor Eric Foner
notes, there is no universal definition for "freedom"
itself. One person's freedom can be another's oppression,
and the struggle for freedom in America is an often messy
tale of conflicts and clashes in legislative bodies,
battlefields, picket lines, courtrooms, and bus stations.
Foner has written a major treatise on the evolution of the
concept of freedom throughout American history, showing how
major political figures as well as ordinary people who took
up extraordinary struggles all made contributions to its
development. He does a masterful job of writing about
America's most significant political conflicts with clarity
and grace.
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