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Chargement... The Story of American Freedom (1998)par Eric Foner
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Foner reminds us that, in the American context, “freedom” is a value whose meaning and scope has been contested over time. To recognize that plantation owners and their slaves, religious fundamentalists and saloon keepers, union organizers and factory owners, suffragists and Birchers have all defined freedom differently at different times is to acknowledge the complexities and ambiguities inherent in a pluralist polity. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
"Over the course of our history, freedom has been a living truth for some Americans and a cruel mockery for others. In Eric Foner's stirring history, freedom's story is not the simple unfolding of a timeless truth, but an open-ended history of accomplishment and failure. Its impetus lies in the aspirations and sacrifice of millions of Americans, celebrated and anonymous, who have sought freedom's blessings. Its meaning is shaped not only in congressional debates and political treatises, but on plantations and picket lines, in parlors and bedrooms. Its cast of characters ranges from Thomas Jefferson to Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan, from former slaves seeking to breathe real meaning into emancipation to the union organizers, freedom riders, and women's rights advocates of our time."--Jacket. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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