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Liberty and Freedom: A Visual History of America's Founding Ideas (America: a cultural history, Volume III) Hardcover - 2005

by Fischer, David Hackett

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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.

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Oxford University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0195162536 . Oversize; light wear top edge and top corners of DJ, o/w VG+ .
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  • Title Liberty and Freedom: A Visual History of America's Founding Ideas (America: a cultural history, Volume III)
  • Author Fischer, David Hackett
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
  • Pages 851
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, New York
  • Date 2005
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 1032
  • ISBN 9780195162530 / 0195162536
  • Weight 5.01 lbs (2.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.14 x 7.38 x 1.96 in (25.76 x 18.75 x 4.98 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects National characteristics, American, United States - Politics and government
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004005197
  • Dewey Decimal Code 323.440

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Citations

  • Booklist, 11/15/2004, Page 537
  • Choice, 06/01/2005, Page 1883
  • Library Journal, 02/01/2005, Page 97
  • New York Times, 12/19/2004, Page 21
  • Publishers Weekly, 11/15/2004, Page 56

About the author

David Hackett Fischer is University Professor at Brandeis, and author of the New York Times bestseller Washington's Crossing as well as Bound Away, The Great Wave, and Paul Revere's Ride. This volume is a successor to his acclaimed Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America.