Battles for Freedom: The Use and Abuse of American History

In thiscollection of polemical pieces, Foner expounds on the relevance ofAbraham Lincoln's legacy in the age of Obama and on the need foranother era of Reconstruction. In addition to articles in which Fonercalls out politicians and the powerful for their abuse and misuseof American history, Foner assesses some of his fellow leadinghistorians of the late 20th century, including Richard Hofstadter, Howard Zinn and Eric Hobsbawm. Foner ends with an open letterto Bernie Sanders analysing the great tradition of radicalism thathe has spent his career studying and which, he argues, Americansof progressive disposition should seek to celebrate and retrieve

Author: Eric Foner
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 03/30/2017
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781784537692
ISBN10: 1784537691
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | General
- Political Science | American Government | General
- History | Social History

About the Author
Eric Foner is a Pulitzer Prize winninghistorian and DeWitt Clinton Professorof History at Columbia University. He isone of America's leading historians of theAmerican Civil War and ReconstructionEra. His books include The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery;Reconstruction: America's UnfinishedRevolution and Give Me Liberty! AnAmerican History