"One of the Reasons I Chose These Books Is that I Think Liberalism Has Changed Significantly since the 1960s"

"In the 19th century, liberalism was virtually the opposite of what it is today. People who called themselves liberals were believers in laissez faire and limited government and often very elitist in their outlook. Twentieth-century liberalism is much more interventionist, redistributionist, and state-oriented. Twenty-first-century liberalism could be a new breed."

Eve Gerber at The Browser interviews Eric Foner about five books that discuss "how concepts of American liberalism have changed over the past 50 years."