Freedom: Volume I: Freedom In The Making Of Western Culture (Paperback)

By Orlando Patterson
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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.

About the Author

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

Product Details ISBN-10: 0465025323
ISBN-13: 9780465025329
Published: Basic Books, 09/01/1992
Pages: 512
Language: English