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01955aam a2200313 i 4500 001 FD5D2EE2B3C911E7A4A7F53E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20171018010126 007 n 008 160728s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 1784537691 020 $a 9781784537692 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Foner, Eric. 245 10 $a Battles for freedom : $b the use and abuse of American history / $c Eric Foner. 264 1 $a London : $b I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd, $c 2017. 300 $a 225 pages ; $c 20 cm. 500 $a Includes index. 520 $a "For almost four decades, Eric Foner, one of America's most distinguished historians, has introduced readers of his journalism to unknown or forgotten characters in American history, methodically unearthing the hidden history of American radicalism. In this collection of polemical pieces, Foner expounds on the relevance of Abraham Lincoln's legacy in the age of Obama and on the need for another era of Reconstruction. In addition to articles in which Foner calls out politicians and the powerful for their abuse and misuse of American history, Foner assesses some of his fellow leading historians of the late 20th century, including Richard Hofstadter, Howard Zinn and Eric Hobsbawm. Foner ends with an open letter to Bernie Sanders analysing the great tradition of radicalism that he has spent his career studying and which, he argues, Americans of progressive disposition should seek to celebrate and retrieve" -- Provided by publisher. 541 $d 20170725. 650 0 $a Radicals $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Radicalism $z United States $x History. 650 $a United States $x Social conditions. 650 $a United States $x Historiography. 941 $a 3 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213011434.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006105137.0 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20171018013112.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FD5D2EE2B3C911E7A4A7F53E97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search