{"product_id":"liberty-and-freedom-hardcover","title":"Liberty and Freedom - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Hackett Fischer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiberty 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. \u003cbr\u003eFischer 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 freedom, but with very different meanings. Like DNA these ideas have transformed and recombined in each generation. \u003cbr\u003eThe book arose from Fischer's discovery that the words themselves had differing origins: the Latinate \"liberty\" implied separation and independence. The root meaning of \"freedom\" (akin to \"friend\") connoted attachment: the rights of belonging in a community of freepeople. The tension between the two senses has been a source of conflict and creativity throughout American history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiberty \u0026amp; Freedom\u003c\/em\u003e studies the folk history of those ideas through more than 400 visions, images, and symbols. It begins with the American Revolution, and explores the meaning of New England's Liberty Tree, Pennsylvania's Liberty Bells, Carolina's Liberty Crescent, and \"Don't Tread on Me\" rattlesnakes. In the new republic, the search for a common American symbol gave new meaning to Yankee Doodle, Uncle Sam, Miss Liberty, and many other icons. In the Civil War, Americans divided over liberty and freedom. Afterward, new universal visions were invented by people who had formerly been excluded from a free society--African Americans, American Indians, and immigrants. The twentieth century saw liberty and freedom tested by enemies and contested at home, yet it brought the greatest outpouring of new visions, from Franklin Roosevelt's Four Freedoms to Martin Luther King's \"dream\" to Janis Joplin's \"nothin' left to lose.\"\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated in full color with a rich variety of images, \u003cem\u003eLiberty and Freedom\u003c\/em\u003e is, literally, an eye-opening work of history--stimulating, large-spirited, and ultimately, inspiring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Hackett Fischer\u003c\/strong\u003e is University Professor at Brandeis, and author of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eWashington's Crossing\u003c\/em\u003e as well as \u003cem\u003eBound Away, The Great Wave\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePaul Revere's Ride\u003c\/em\u003e. This volume is a successor to his acclaimed \u003cem\u003eAlbion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 851\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.96 x 10.14 x 7.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47476679049465,"sku":"9780195162530","price":179.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/M3zpXxb75g9780195162530.webp?v=1772650886","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/liberty-and-freedom-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}