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1 de may. de 2024 · An incisive 1989 review of the historian Eric Foner’s “Reconstruction” criticizes him for paying insufficient attention to “women as autonomous actors” whose preferences did not always ...
Hace 4 días · The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery | Reviews in History. Book: The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery. Eric Foner. New York, NY, W. W. Norton, 2010, ISBN: 9780393066180; 448pp.; Price: £19.95. Reviewer: Dr Sebastian Page. University of Oxford. Citation:
Hace 1 día · Although the shift from gradualism to militancy has been examined by a number of different historians such as Jim Stewart and Eric Foner, Berlin offers a new perspective on this topic by focusing on how the four elements of emancipation remained constant during this period of intense change in abolitionism.
6 de may. de 2024 · Last night, the Museum of the City of New York hosted the discussion of historian Eric Foner’s new groundbreaking book, Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the...
Hace 3 días · Eric Foner’s Reconstruction synthesized the previous quarter century of scholarship on the period and offered the richest account yet of the role of African Americans in shaping Reconstruction.
18 de may. de 2024 · Historian Eric Foner explains why the Fugitive Slave Act was such a divisive political act and a turning point in the sectional conflicts that had plagued American society during the antebellum era. Foner also describes the role of former slaves in shaping the abolitionist movement.
14 de may. de 2024 · “A gifted writer.”-Eric Foner, The Nation. A propulsive account of our history's most surprising, most consequential political club: the Wide Awake anti-slavery youth movement that marched America from the 1860 election to civil war.
