Give Me Liberty ! - An American History, Volume 2

Biographie d'Eric Foner

Eric Foner is the preeminent historian of his generation, highly respected by historians of every stripe-whether they specialize in political history or social history. His books have won the top awards in the profession, and he has been president of both major history organizations : the American Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians. He has worked on every detail of Give Me Liberty !, which displays all of his trademark strengths as a scholar, teacher, and writer.
A specialist on the Civil War/Reconstruction period, he regularly teaches the nineteenth-century survey at Columbia University, where he is DeWitt Clinton Professor of History. In 2011, Foner's The Fiery Trial : Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery won the Pulitzer Prize in History, the Bancroft Prize, and the Lincoln Prize.