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A tolerable anarchy : rebels, reactionaries, and the making of American freedom

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

Print Book, English, 2009
1st ed
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2009