Freedom: Freedom in the Making of Western Culture, Volume 1

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Basic Books, 1991 - History - 487 pages
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The National Book Award Winner for 1991--a magisterial work that traces the history of our most cherished value. The first history of freedom from ancient to modern times, this book links the birth of freedom in primitive societies with the institution of slavery. "An extraordinary achievement . . . astonishingly wide ranging".--Boston Globe. Index. Illustrations.

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Freedom in the making of western culture

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Patterson, a Harvard sociologist, argues that the idea of freedom is the supreme value in the Western world and increasingly so in the rest of the world. This book, the first of a projected two-volume ... Read full review

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In The Classical World: An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian, Robin Lane Fox takes issue with Patterson. Read full review

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Orlando Patterson is the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University.

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