Being America : liberty, commerce, and violence in an American world / Jedediah Purdy.
Purdy, Jedediah, 1974-
2003
JZ1480 .P87 2003 (Map It)
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Author Purdy, Jedediah, 1974-
Title Being America : liberty, commerce, and violence in an American world / Jedediah Purdy.
Published New York : Knopf, 2003.
Call Number JZ1480 .P87 2003
Edition First edition.
ISBN 0375413073
9780375413070
Description xii, 337 pages ; 22 cm
Other Standard Identifiers 9780375413070
System Control No. (OCoLC)51616419
Summary Purdy explores how America simultaneously inspires love and hate; how it can be both an emblem of liberty and a symbol of runaway power; how its export of free market and democratic ideals is sometimes welcome, sometimes read as an expression of violent imperialism. He examines the rise of new forms of political community, from international Islamic fundamentalism to sweatshop activism. After extensive journeys through Asia, Africa, and around America, he reports on attitudes of activists and ordinary people: what young lawyers in Cairo say about the September 11th attacks; what teenagers in Delhi and environmentalists in Jakarta think about American consumerism. Purdy revives the lucid, intelligent voice of Montaigne to help untangle difficult ethical questions. He draws on the writings of James Madison, Adam Smith, and Edmund Burke, among others, to help explain our legacy of liberal freedoms and prejudices.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Available in Other Form Online version: Purdy, Jedediah, 1974- Being America. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 2003 (OCoLC)606372889
Online version: Purdy, Jedediah, 1974- Being America. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 2003 (OCoLC)606934885
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I Empires of Desire
II The Memory of Wounds
III Liberty and Commerce
IV The Oratory of Commerce
V Living in History.

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