Liberty and freedom
A distinguished history and author of Washington's Crossing analyzes the concepts of liberty and freedom through visions, images, and symbols throughout the folk history of those ideas, showing how they are popular beliefs deeply embedded in American culture rather than political abstractions....
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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Series: | Fischer, David Hackett, 1935- America, a cultural history ;
v. 3. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: conversation with Captain Preston
- Early America: visions of the founders, 1607-1775
- Republic united: search for a common vision, 1776-1840
- Nation divided: freedom against liberty, 1840-1912
- World at war: free society and its enemies, 1916-1945
- People among others: global visions of liberty and freedom, 1945-2004
- Conclusion: view from Tocqueville's terrace.