| Edition |
First Free Press hardcover edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 382 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-361) and index. |
| Contents |
Drunkards, laggards, prostitutes, pirates, and other heroes of the American revolution -- The freedom of slavery -- The slavery of freedom -- Whores and the origins of women's liberation -- A rhythmless nation -- From white chimps to Yankee doodles : the Irish -- The Jew was a Negro -- Italian-Americans : out of Africa -- Shopping : the real American Revolution -- How gangsters made America a better place -- "Behold a dictator" : fascism and the New Deal -- Just how popular was World War II? -- How juvenile delinquents won the Cold War -- "A process of self-purification" : the civil rights movement's attack on African-Americans -- Gay liberation, American liberation -- Almost free : the promise and tragedy of rednecks and hippies. |
| Summary |
Historian Thaddeus Russell tells a new and surprising story about the origins of American freedom. Rather than crediting the standard textbook icons, Russell demonstrates that is was those on the fringes of society whose subversive lifestyles helped legitimize the taboo and made America the land of the free. |
| Subject |
United States -- Social conditions.
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Dissenters -- United States -- History.
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Radicalism -- United States -- History.
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Individualism -- United States -- History.
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Social change -- United States -- History.
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| ISBN |
9781416571063 |
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141657106X |
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