Eric Foner — Our Fragile Freedoms - with Jamelle Bouie

Eric Foner has done more to shape the public and professional understanding of American history than any other scholar. The preeminent historian of the Civil War era, Foner's keynote has been American freedom and its changing meanings and boundaries. We see in his award-winning works how freedom has been a birthright for some and a struggle for others, that rights gained can also be lost, that they must always be tended with knowledge and vigilance.This volume collects fifty-eight of Foner's more recent reviews and commentaries. Together they show the range of his interests and expertise, running from slavery and antislavery through the disunion and remaking of the United States in the nineteenth century, Jim Crow and the civil rights movement, and into our own political moment. Each piece shows a master at work, melding historical knowledge and balanced judgment with fine prose.Eric Foner's indelible works include a best-selling study of Lincoln and slavery, The Fiery Trial, winner of the Pulitzer, Bancroft, and Lincoln prizes, and an influential history of the Reconstruction amendments, The Second Founding. He lives in New York City.Foner is in conversation with Jamelle Bouie, , a columnist for the New York Times and political analyst for CBS News. He covers campaigns, elections, national affairs, and culture. Previously, Jamelle was chief political correspondent for Slate magazine and a staff writer at The Daily Beast ; he also held fellowships at The American Prospect and The Nation magazine.https://politics-prose.com/book/9781324110613?ic_referral=1yMPGgKlk6ncC2v4qgTy4iUOPzVmMoPGM-nfNbp-mJswM_cP5tB5nXeNi_e9SrQadKVRo4Kuo2GUBhOXnZThPwOuGrzKkLtnfCT8abQQwHFHvLEUlWPCiix8LaeqbOFFR10W5xs