Race and Liberty in America: The Essential Reader

by Jonathan J. Bean

Book Overview

The history of civil rights in the United States is usually analyzed and interpreted through the lenses of modern conservatism and progressive liberalism. In Race and Liberty in America: The Essential Reader, author Jonathan Bean argues that the historical record does not conveniently fit into either of these categories and that knowledge of the American classical liberal tradition is required to gain a more accurate understanding of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813192315
• ISBN13: 9780813192314
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher