About this title: Liberty and freedom: Americans agree that these values are fundamental to our nation, but what do they mean? How have their meanings changed through time? In this new volume of cultural history, David Hackett Fischer shows how these varying ideas form an intertwined strand that runs through the core of American life. Fischer examines liberty and freedom not as philosophical or political abstractions, but as folkways and popular beliefs deeply embedded in American culture. Tocqueville called them "habits of the heart." From the earliest colonies, Americans have shared ideals of liberty and ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780195162530ISBN:0195162536
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 11/15/2004
ISBN-13:9780195162530ISBN:0195162536
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780195162530ISBN:0195162536
Description: Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to-over 9ľ"-12" tall 0-19-516253-6 Americana Large and heavy book. 851 pages including index. color and b/w illustrations, facsimle documents, photos. "studies American ideas of Liberity and freedom as visions of an open society" read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780195162530ISBN:0195162536
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Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780195162530ISBN:0195162536
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Like new condition. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 851 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Press, New York
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780195162530ISBN:0195162536
Description: Very Good in Good + jacket. Tight spine, clean copy. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine, edges lightly rubbed, corners slightly bumped. Text is clean and unmarked. DJ-edges rubbed, front flap creased. 851 Pgs. read more
Edition: Book Club Edition.
Binding: Hardcover.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780195162530ISBN:0195162536
Description: New/New. Dust Jacket. Lg. 8vo. Black boards. 400+ illustrations, 250 in full color. STILL IN SHRINKWRAP. "Liberty and freedom are America's most priceless heritage...But what do these words mean? ...Has their meaning changed over time? ...Full of engaging anecdotes and rich narrative material...beautifully illustrated with hundreds of images that have functioned as icons of liberty and freedom. " (Reviews) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, New York
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780195162530ISBN:0195162536
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Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780195162530ISBN:0195162536
Description: Fine in very good dust jacket. Excellent Copy. Text is crisp, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. Dust Jacket is Near Fine showing only very mild rubbing at corners and end of spine. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 851 p. Contains: Illustrations. America: A Cultural History, 3. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780195162530ISBN:0195162536
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0195162536. A review copy with publisher's material laid in. Bottom corners bumped. A very good copy in similar dust jacket. Analyzes the concepts of liberty and freedom through visions, images, and symbols throughout the folk history of those ideas, showing how they are popular beliefs deeply embedded in American culture rather than political abstractions. read more
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