The Free and the Unfree by Peter N Carroll

The Free and the Unfree by Peter N Carroll

Although European expansion was the driving force that first opened up the frontier land called America, the growth of the new nation would be forged over the centuries by the diverse peoples who struggled to make it their home. But not everyone who made a home in the country was accepted as an American. When the democratic, humanitarian principles were retested by the native Americans, blacks, immigrants, religious minorities, and women, these principles were too often found wanting. "The Free and the Unfree" documents the dynamic relationship between these outgroups and the power-holders as it weaves in a broad tapestry the threads of social, cultural, political and economic developments of a vigorous nation. The book conveys with a keen sense of participation, the unfolding of the United States through four historical eras.

Peter N. Carroll, historian and poet, is the author and editor of 19 books, including The Odyssey of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, The Good Fight Continues: World War II Letters from the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (with Michael Nash and Melvin Small), and War is Beautiful: An American Ambulance Driver in the Spanish Civil War by James Neugass (with Peter Glazer). He is Chair Emeritus of the Board of Governors of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) and teaches history at Stanford University. His previous book, A Child Turns Back to Wave: Poetry of Lost Places, was awarded the Prize Americana in 2012.

Fraser Ottanelli is Professor and Chair of the Department of History at the University of South Florida in Tampa. His areas of specialization are ethnic and labor history, comparative migration, and U.S. history in a global age. On these topics he has authored two books and numerous articles and essays. Currently he serves on the Executive Committee of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) and is on the research team of the Asaba Memorial Project--an effort to document and memorialize a mass killing of civilians that took place in 1967, during the Nigerian Civil War.

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ISBN 13	9780140228274
ISBN 10	0140228276
Title	The Free and the Unfree
Author	Peter N Carroll
Series	Pelican S
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	1989-01-26
Number of pages	480
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