focuses on the interconnections between historical scholarship and a historian’s active role as a citizen in the cultural and political events of American society. Beginning with his personal and cultural background Foner highlights the crucial points of his major works by placing them in the larger context of American historiography. He also suggests how the most recent results of his research can be brought to the attention of a larger public, well beyond the boundaries of academic circles.
Keywords: Storia, cittadinanza, schiavitù, libertà, Ricostruzione