On American Freedom
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The Two Faces Of American Freedom
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Author : Aziz Rana
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2014-04-07
The Two Faces Of American Freedom written by Aziz Rana and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-07 with History categories.
The Two Faces of American Freedom boldly reinterprets the American political tradition from the colonial period to modern times, placing issues of race relations, immigration, and presidentialism in the context of shifting notions of empire and citizenship. Today, while the U.S. enjoys tremendous military and economic power, citizens are increasingly insulated from everyday decision-making. This was not always the case. America, Aziz Rana argues, began as a settler society grounded in an ideal of freedom as the exercise of continuous self-rule—one that joined direct political participation with economic independence. However, this vision of freedom was politically bound to the subordination of marginalized groups, especially slaves, Native Americans, and women. These practices of liberty and exclusion were not separate currents, but rather two sides of the same coin. However, at crucial moments, social movements sought to imagine freedom without either subordination or empire. By the mid-twentieth century, these efforts failed, resulting in the rise of hierarchical state and corporate institutions. This new framework presented national and economic security as society’s guiding commitments and nurtured a continual extension of America’s global reach. Rana envisions a democratic society that revives settler ideals, but combines them with meaningful inclusion for those currently at the margins of American life.
On American Freedom
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Author : K. Morris
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-07-10
On American Freedom written by K. Morris and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-10 with Political Science categories.
Although freedom is America's core value, few Americans have a clear idea of what it means or - worse - enjoy much freedom in any of its conventional meanings. Drawing from republican tradition, the book critiques the contemporary American value of freedom as it appears in politics, the economy, and culture.
American Slavery American Freedom
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Author : Edmund S. Morgan
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2003-10-17
American Slavery American Freedom written by Edmund S. Morgan and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-10-17 with History categories.
"Thoughtful, suggestive and highly readable."—New York Times Book Review In the American Revolution, Virginians were the most eloquent spokesmen for freedom and quality. George Washington led the Americans in battle against British oppression. Thomas Jefferson led them in declaring independence. Virginians drafted not only the Declaration but also the Constitution and the Bill of Rights; they were elected to the presidency of the United States under that Constitution for thirty-two of the first thirty-six years of its existence. They were all slaveholders. In the new preface Edmund S. Morgan writes: "Human relations among us still suffer from the former enslavement of a large portion of our predecessors. The freedom of the free, the growth of freedom experienced in the American Revolution depended more than we like to admit on the enslavement of more than 20 percent of us at that time. How republican freedom came to be supported, at least in large part, by its opposite, slavery, is the subject of this book. American Slavery, American Freedom is a study of the tragic contradiction at the core of America. Morgan finds the keys to this central paradox, "the marriage of slavery and freedom," in the people and the politics of the state that was both the birthplace of the Revolution and the largest slaveholding state in the country.
The Story Of American Freedom
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Author : Eric Foner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
The Story Of American Freedom written by Eric Foner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Civil rights categories.
Freedom
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Author : Sebastian Junger
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2023-07-04
Freedom written by Sebastian Junger and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"A profound rumination on the concept of freedom from the New York Times bestselling author of Tribe"--
The Thirteenth Amendment And American Freedom
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Author : Alexander Tsesis
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2004-12-12
The Thirteenth Amendment And American Freedom written by Alexander Tsesis and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-12-12 with Law categories.
In this narrative history and contextual analysis of the Thirteenth Amendment, slavery and freedom take center stage. Alexander Tsesis demonstrates how entrenched slavery was in pre-Civil War America, how central it was to the political events that resulted in the Civil War, and how it was the driving force that led to the adoption of an amendment that ultimately provided a substantive assurance of freedom for all American citizens. The story of how Supreme Court justices have interpreted the Thirteenth Amendment, first through racist lenses after Reconstruction and later influenced by the modern civil rights movement, provides insight into the tremendous impact the Thirteenth Amendment has had on the Constitution and American culture. Importantly, Tsesis also explains why the Thirteenth Amendment is essential to contemporary America, offering fresh analysis on the role the Amendment has played regarding civil rights legislation and personal liberty case decisions, and an original explanation of the substantive guarantees of freedom for today's society that the Reconstruction Congress envisioned over a century ago.
Burdens Of Freedom
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Author : Lawrence M. Mead
language : en
Publisher: Encounter Books
Release Date : 2019-04-23
Burdens Of Freedom written by Lawrence M. Mead and has been published by Encounter Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-23 with Political Science categories.
Burdens of Freedom presents a new and radical interpretation of America and its challenges. The United States is an individualist society where most people seek to realize personal goals and values out in the world. This unusual, inner-driven culture was the chief reason why first Europe, then Britain, and finally America came to lead the world. But today, our deepest problems derive from groups and nations that reflect the more passive, deferential temperament of the non-West. The long-term poor and many immigrants have difficulties assimilating in America mainly because they are less inner-driven than the norm. Abroad, the United States faces challenges from Asia, which is collective-minded, and also from many poorly-governed countries in the developing world. The chief threat to American leadership is no longer foreign rivals like China but the decay of individualism within our own society. The great divide is between the individualist West, for which life is a project, and the rest of the world, in which most people seek to survive rather than achieve. This difference, although clear in research on world cultures, has been ignored in virtually all previous scholarship on American power and public policy, both at home and abroad. Burdens of Freedom is the first book to recognize that difference. It casts new light on America's greatest struggles. It re-evaluates the entire Western tradition, which took individualism for granted. How to respond to cultural difference is the greatest test of our times.
The Moral Case For American Freedom
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Author : Martin Capages
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-09-17
The Moral Case For American Freedom written by Martin Capages and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-17 with Political Science categories.
Somewhere in the preceding generations, the direction of the United States of America has careened towards an unsustainable progressive interpretation of the Constitution that will lead to further bankruptcy of the Nation and threatens individual Freedom. The Government has set itself above the Governed. Even the basic principles set forth at the birth of the Nation have been corrupted. The ultimate result we hope to achieve with this book is to return the Country to the Founders' vision of Individual Freedom and away from Progressivism or the Rule of the State. The first step towards that final result is to inform Generation Z and others of the Truth. It is up to Generation Z and the generations that follow to right the Ship of State. This book provides the Guidelines to do just that.The author uses the methodology developed by another author and activist, Alex Epstein who developed a methodology for winning a complex debate. The book provides a summary of the History of America in a fictional account chapter called the Home Country, a Conversation with some of the founders and contemporary Constitutional Originalists and Progressives. A potential solution called the Convention of States is discussed. The book also includes the actual text of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
American Congo
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Author : Nan Elizabeth Woodruff
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009-07-01
American Congo written by Nan Elizabeth Woodruff and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-01 with History categories.
This is the story of how rural Black people struggled against the oppressive sharecropping system of the Arkansas and Mississippi Delta during the first half of the twentieth century. Here, white planters forged a world of terror and poverty for Black workers, one that resembled the horrific deprivations of the African Congo under Belgium’s King Leopold II. Delta planters did not cut off the heads and hands of their African American workers but, aided by local law enforcement, they engaged in peonage, murder, theft, and disfranchisement. As individuals and through collective struggle, in conjunction with national organizations like the NAACP and local groups like the Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union, Black men and women fought back, demanding a just return for their crops and laying claim to a democratic vision of citizenship. Their efforts were amplified by the two world wars and the depression, which expanded the mobility and economic opportunities of Black people and provoked federal involvement in the region. Nan Woodruff shows how the freedom fighters of the 1960s would draw on this half-century tradition of protest, thus expanding our standard notions of the civil rights movement and illuminating a neglected but significant slice of the American Black experience.
Webster S New World American Words Of Freedom
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Author : Stephen F. Rohde
language : en
Publisher: Webster's New World
Release Date : 2001-11-15
Webster S New World American Words Of Freedom written by Stephen F. Rohde and has been published by Webster's New World this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-11-15 with History categories.
Presents the complete texts of key historic documents with commentary on events surrounding their creation and an overview of United States constitutional law.