内容简介
Thedramaticstoryoffugitiveslavesandtheantislaveryactivistswhodefiedthelawtohelpthemreachfreedom.Morethananyotherscholar,EricFonerhasinfluencedourunderstandingofAmerica'shistory.Now,makingbrilliantuseofextraordinary
作者简介
EricFoneristhepreeminenthistorianofhisgeneration,highlyrespectedbyhistoriansofeverystripe—whethertheyspecializeinpoliticalhistoryorsocialhistory.Hisbookshavewonthetopawardsintheprofession,andhehasbeenpresidentofbothmajorhistoryorganizations:theAmericanHistoricalAssociationandtheOrganizationofAmericanHistorians.HehasworkedoneverydetailofGiveMeLiberty!,whichdisplaysallofhistrademarkstrengthsasascholar,teacher,andwriter.AspecialistontheCivilWar/Reconstructionperiod,heregularlyteachesthenineteenth-centurysurveyatColumbiaUniversity,whereheisDeWittClintonProfessorofHistory.In2011,Foner'sTheFieryTrial:AbrahamLincolnandAmericanSlaverywonthePulitzerPrizeinHistory,theBancroftPrize,andtheLincolnPrize.
