Battles for Freedom
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Battles for Freedom

The Use and Abuse of American History

Eric Foner, Richard Kreitner, Richard Kreitner

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Battles for Freedom

The Use and Abuse of American History

Eric Foner, Richard Kreitner, Richard Kreitner

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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.

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Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Year
2017
ISBN
9781786721440
Edition
1

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