Liberty and Freedom: A Visual History of America's Founding Ideas
- ISBN-10
- 0195162536
- ISBN-13
- 9780195162530
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 851
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- David Hackett Fischer
Description
A stunningly original and inspiring illustrated history of America's founding ideals and how they have been understood from colonial times to the present, by one of America's most gifted historians.
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- 2004-11-15
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- 864 pages
- Ebook
- Oxford University Press
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