Liberty and freedom
Title:
Liberty and freedom
Author:
Fischer, David Hackett, 1935-
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2005]
©2005
Physical Description:
851 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
General Note:
"A visual history of America's founding ideas."--Cover.
Language:
English
Contents:
Introduction : a conversation with Captain Preston -- Early America : visions of the Founders, 1607-1775 -- A republic united : the search for a common vision, 1775-1840 -- A nation divided : liberty against freedom, 1840-1912 -- A world at war : a free society and its enemies, 1916-1945 -- A people among others : global visions of liberty and freedom, 1945-2004 -- Conclusion : the view from Tocqueville's terrace.
ISBN:
9780195162530
Format :
Book
