The Declaration of Independence announced equality as an American ideal but it took the Civil War and the adoption of three constitutional amendments to establish that ideal as law. The Reconstruction amendments abolished slavery,...

From one of our most distinguished historians comes a groundbreaking new examination of the myths and realities of the period after the Civil War.Drawing on a wide range of long-neglected documents, Eric Foner places a new emphasis on...

From the Revolution to our own time, freedom has been America's strongest cultural bond and its most perilous fault line, a birthright for some Americans and a cruel mockery for others. Eric Foner takes freedom not as a timeless truth...

More than any other scholar, Eric Foner has influenced our understanding of America's history. Now, making brilliant use of extraordinary evidence, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian once again reconfigures the national saga of...

"The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution" von Eric Foner ist ein tiefgründiges Werk, das die Transformation der US-Verfassung durch die Zusätze 13, 14 und 15 - auch bekannt als die...

"The Reader's Companion to American History" von Eric Foner ist ein umfangreiches Nachschlagewerk zur amerikanischen Geschichte. Das Buch deckt eine Vielzahl von Themen ab, die sich auf verschiedene Aspekte der amerikanischen Geschichte...

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