Liberty and Freedom A Visual History of America's Founding Ideas
by Fischer, David HackettFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-11-15
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary
The bestselling author of "Washington's Crossing" and "Albion's Seed" offers a strikingly original history of America's founding principles. Fischer examines liberty and freedom not as philosophical or political abstractions, but as folkways and popular beliefs deeply embedded in American culture. 400+ illustrations, 250 in full color.
Author Biography
Daivd Hackett Fischer is University Professor at Brandeis.
Table of Contents
| Introduction: A Conversation with Captain Preston | p. 1 |
| Early America: Visions of the Founders, 1607-1775 | p. 17 |
| A Republic United: The Search for a Common Vision, 1776-1840 | p. 119 |
| A Nation Divided: Freedom against Liberty, 1840-1912 | p. 247 |
| A World at War: A Free Society and Its Enemies, 1916-1945 | p. 419 |
| A People Among Others: Global Visions of Liberty and Freedom, 1945-2004 | p. 559 |
| Conclusion: The View from Tocqueville's Terrace | p. 714 |
| Abbreviations | p. 737 |
| Notes | p. 739 |
| A Plan of the Series | p. 819 |
| A Plan of the Book | p. 821 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 827 |
| Index | p. 833 |
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