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Author:

Purdy, Jedediah, 1974-

Title:

A tolerable anarchy : rebels, reactionaries, and the making of American freedom / Jedediah Purdy.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Alfred A. Knopf,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

294 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Liberty--History.--United States--History.
Liberty--History.--United States--History.
Liberty--Philosophy.
National characteristics, American.
United States--Politics and government.
Wirtschaft.
Politik.
Freiheit.
USA.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-283) and index.

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.

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.

ISBN:

1400044472
9781400044474

OCLC:

(OCoLC)232980271

LCCN:

2008049552

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)