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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232980271 Title: A tolerable anarchy : rebels, reactionaries, and the making of American freedom Author: Jedediah Purdy Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. ISBN/ISSN: 9781400044474 1400044472 OCLC:232980271

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

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

Author:	Jedediah Purdy
Publisher:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Edition/Format:	Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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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Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Jedediah Purdy Find more information about:
ISBN:	9781400044474 1400044472
OCLC Number:	232980271
Description:	294 p. ; 20 cm.
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.
Responsibility:	Jedediah Purdy.
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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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