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
History
294 pages ; 20 cm
9781400044474, 1400044472
232980271
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