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Freedom: Volume I: Freedom In The Making Of Western Culture
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
Freedom: Volume I: Freedom In The Making Of Western Culture
Contributors:
By (Author) Orlando Patterson
Publisher:
Basic Books
Imprint:
Basic Books
Publication Date:
14th October 1992
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Anthropology
General and world history
Human rights, civil rights
Dewey:
306
Prizes:
Winner of United States National Book Awards: Nonfiction 1991
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
512
Dimensions:
Width 128mm, Height 202mm, Spine 29mm
Weight:
506g
Description
This magisterial work traces the history of our most cherished value. Patterson links the birth of freedom in primitive societies with the institution of slavery, and traces the evolution of three forms of freedom in the West from antiquity through the Middle Ages.
Author Bio
Orlando Patterson is the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University.
