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9780393978742

Give Me Liberty!: An American History

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    9780393978742

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    0393978745

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  • Copyright: 2004-07-01
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Summary

Freedom, the oldest of cliches and the most modern of aspirations, is the unifying theme in the new survey of American history by Eric Foner, the well-known historian and author of The Story of American Freedom. As the fundamental idea behind Americans' sense of themselves as individuals and as a nation, freedom is deeply embedded in the record of our history and the language of everyday life. Give Me Liberty! examines the changing meanings of freedom, the social conditions that make freedom possible, and its shifting boundaries from colonial times to the early twenty-first century.

Table of Contents

List of Maps, Tables, and Figuresp. xiv
About the Authorp. xvi
Prefacep. xvii
"What Is Freedom?": Reconstruction, 1865-1877p. 548
The Meaning of Freedomp. 551
Voices of Freedom: From Petition of Committee in Behalf of the Freedmen to Andrew Johnson (1865)p. 558
The Making of Radical Reconstructionp. 562
Radical Reconstruction in the Southp. 572
The Overthrow of Reconstructionp. 577
Toward a Global Presence, 1870-1920
America's Gilded Age, 1870-1890p. 590
The Second Industrial Revolutionp. 593
The Transformation of the Westp. 604
Voices of Freedom: From Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Indians, Speech in Washington, D.C. (1879)p. 610
Politics in a Gilded Agep. 614
Freedom in the Gilded Agep. 619
Labor and the Republicp. 624
Freedom's Boundaries, at Home and Abroad, 1890-1900p. 634
The Populist Challengep. 637
The Segregated Southp. 647
Redrawing the Boundariesp. 655
Voices of Freedom: From Saum Song Bo, Letter in American Missionary (October 1885)p. 658
Becoming a World Powerp. 662
The Progressive Era, 1900-1916p. 674
An Urban Age and a Consumer Societyp. 678
Voices of Freedom: From Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Women and Economics (1898)p. 687
Changing Ideas of Freedomp. 690
The Politics of Progressivismp. 701
The Progressive Presidentsp. 709
Safe for Democracy: The United States and World War I, 1916-1920p. 718
An Era of Interventionp. 721
America and the Great Warp. 727
The War at Homep. 733
Voices of Freedom: From Eugene V. Debs's Speech to the Jury before Sentencing under the Espionage Act (1918)p. 740
Who Is an American?p. 742
1919p. 753
Depression and Wars, 1920-1953
From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties, 1920-1932p. 768
The Business of Americap. 772
Voices of Freedom: From Andre Siegfried, "The Gulf Between," Atlantic Monthly (March 1928)p. 774
Business and Governmentp. 780
The Birth of Civil Libertiesp. 784
The Culture Warsp. 788
The Great Depressionp. 799
The New Deal, 1932-1940p. 808
The First New Dealp. 811
The Grassroots Revoltp. 821
Voices of Freedom: From John L. Lewis, Radio Address, "Industrial Democracy in Steel" (July 1936)p. 823
The Second New Dealp. 827
A Reckoning with Libertyp. 830
The Limits of Changep. 834
A New Conception of Americap. 839
Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II, 1941-1945p. 848
Fighting World War IIp. 852
The Home Frontp. 862
Visions of Postwar Freedomp. 870
The American Dilemmap. 874
Voices of Freedom: From Justice Robert H. Jackson, Dissent in Korematsu v. United States (1944)p. 879
The End of the Warp. 885
The United States and the Cold War, 1945-1953p. 892
Origins of the Cold Warp. 895
The Cold War and the Idea of Freedomp. 907
The Truman Presidencyp. 911
The Anticommunist Crusadep. 916
Voices of Freedom: From Henry Steele Commager, "Who Is Loyal to America?" Harper's (September 1947)p. 923
What Kind of Nation? 1953-2004
An Affluent Society, 1953-1960p. 934
The Golden Agep. 937
The Eisenhower Erap. 950
The Freedom Movementp. 963
Voices of Freedom: From Martin Luther King, Jr., Speech at Montgomery, Alabama (December 5, 1955)p. 968
The Election of 1960p. 972
The Sixties, 1960-1968p. 978
The Freedom Movementp. 981
The Kennedy Yearsp. 985
Lyndon Johnson's Presidencyp. 988
The Changing Black Movementp. 994
Vietnam and the New Leftp. 998
Voices of Freedom: From Tom Hayden and Others, The Port Huron Statement (June 1962)p. 1000
The New Movements and the Rights Revolutionp. 1009
1968p. 1017
The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969-1988p. 1022
The Rebirth of Conservatismp. 1024
Voices of Freedom: From Young Americans for Freedom, The Sharon Statement (September 1960)p. 1028
President Nixonp. 1029
Vietnam and Watergatep. 1036
The End of the Golden Agep. 1041
The Rising Tide of Conservatismp. 1049
The Reagan Revolutionp. 1055
Globalization and Its Discontents, 1989-2000p. 1068
Voices of Freedom: From Global Exchange, Seattle, Declaration for Global Democracy (December 1999)p. 1072
The Post-Cold War Worldp. 1073
A New Economy?p. 1083
Culture Warsp. 1090
Impeachment and the Election of 2000p. 1104
Freedom and the New Centuryp. 1108
Epilogue: September 11 and the Next American Centuryp. 1112
The War on Terrorismp. 1116
Voices of Freedom: From The National Security Strategy of the United States (September 2002)p. 1120
The Aftermath of September 11 at Homep. 1125
Learning from Historyp. 1129
Appendix
Documents
The Declaration of Independence (1776)p. 2
The Constitution of the United States (1787)p. 4
From George Washington's Farewell Address (1796)p. 14
The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions (1848)p. 18
From Frederick Douglass's "What, to the Slave, Is the Fourth of July?" Speech (1852)p. 20
The Gettysburg Address (1863)p. 23
Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (1865)p. 24
The Populist Platform of 1892p. 25
Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address (1933)p. 28
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)p. 30
Tables
Presidential Electionsp. 32
Admission of Statesp. 40
Population of the United Statesp. 41
Historical Statistics of the United States
Workforcep. 42
Immigration, by Originp. 42
Glossaryp. 43
Creditsp. 63
Indexp. 66
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