01814cam a2200325 4500 758621570 TxAuBib 20100429120000.0 081112s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008049552 9781400044474 hbk. $23.95 1400044472 hbk. $23.95 (OCoLC)232980271 DLC DLC YDX BTCTA YDXCP UPZ BKL IK2 BWX CDX VP@ DLC TxGR TxAuBib Purdy, Jedediah, 1974- A tolerable anarchy [Book] : rebels, reactionaries, and the making of American freedom / Jedediah Purdy. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. 294 p. ; 20 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-283) and index. 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. 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. 20100429. Liberty Political aspects United States History. Liberty Social aspects United States History. Liberty Philosophy. National characteristics, American. United States Politics and government. RV8