Give Me Liberty! An American History is a concise, clear, and inclusive narrative of American history written by distinguished historian Eric Foner. With characteristic clarity, Professor Foner has written an accessible, event-based narrative that is enriched throughout by the theme of American freedom. Foner shows students how the meanings of freedom have changed during the course of American history and how the limits of freedom have expanded and contracted in response to social, political, cultural, and economic events. The freedom theme integrates the text and motivates the study of history by alerting students to how much is at stake in understanding America’s past.

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坎里克·方纳(Eric Foner) 是美国哥伦比亚大学德威特·克林顿历史学讲座教授， 当代美国最有影响力的历史学家之一。自1970年发表《自由土地、自由劳动、自由人：内战前共和党的意识形态》起，方纳在美国内战史、重建史、非裔美国人史、政治文化史等领域内著述甚丰，成就斐然。其重要著作包括：《汤姆．潘恩与革命时期的美国》(1976)、《美国内战时代的政治与意识形态》(1980)、《除了自由一无所有：黑人解放及其遗产》(1983)、《重建：美利坚未完成的革命(1863一l877)》(1988，该书获得象征美国史学界最高荣誉的班克罗夫特奖和其他学术大奖)、《美国自由的故事》(1998)和《谁拥有历史：在变化的世界中重新思考过去》(2002)。方纳是美国艺术与科学院院士和英国皇家科学院通讯院士，并分别在1993年和2000年当选为美国历史学家组织(OAH)和美国历史学会(AHA)的主席。方纳教授曾先后在牛津大学、剑桥大学、莫斯科大学、希伯来大学等世界著名大学担任美国史讲座教授，并荣获过哥伦比亚大学的“伟大教师”的称号。他的最新著作是《烈火中的考验：亚伯拉罕．林肯与美国奴隶制》(2010)。