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The story of American freedom /

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.

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Main Author: Foner, Eric, 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton, 1999, ©1998.
Edition:1st Norton pbk. ed.
Subjects and Genres:
Civil rights > United States > History.
Human rights > United States > History.
Democracy > United States > History.
Liberty > History.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Démocratie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Liberté > Histoire.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > États-Unis > Histoire.
Civil rights.
Democracy.
Human rights.
Liberty.
Demokratie
Freiheitsrecht
Geschichte
Menschenrecht
Vrijheid.
Emancipatie.
Slavernij.
United States > History.
États-Unis > Histoire.
United States.
USA.
Verenigde Staten.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • The birth of American freedom
  • To call it freedom
  • An empire of liberty
  • The boundaries of freedom in the young republic
  • A new birth of freedom
  • Liberty of contract and its discontents
  • Progressive freedom
  • The birth of civil liberties
  • The New Deal and the redefinition of freedom
  • Fighting for freedom
  • Cold War freedom
  • Sixties freedom
  • Conservative freedom.

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