A tolerable anarchy : rebels, reactionaries, and the making of American freedom / Jedediah Purdy.
2009
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Purdy, Jedediah, 1974-
Title
A tolerable anarchy : rebels, reactionaries, and the making of American freedom / Jedediah Purdy.
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
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JC599.U5 P87 2009
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781400044474
1400044472
1400044472
Description
294 pages ; 20 cm
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(OCoLC)232980271
Summary
From the author of "For Common Things" comes a provocative look at the meaning of American freedom. Purdy works from the stories of individuals: Frederick Douglass urging Americans to extend freedom to slaves, Ralph Waldo Emerson arguing for self-fulfillment, and others.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-283) and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: The sensation of freedom
Declarations of independence
The search for civic dignity
War and its equivalents
Is freedom empty? Citizenship, sodomy, and the meaning of life
American utopias
The economics of 1776, and today
The value of freedom
Fragments of a free economy.
Declarations of independence
The search for civic dignity
War and its equivalents
Is freedom empty? Citizenship, sodomy, and the meaning of life
American utopias
The economics of 1776, and today
The value of freedom
Fragments of a free economy.