Freedom: Volume I: Freedom in the Making of Western Culture (Revised)

Author/Contributor(s):	Patterson, Orlando
Publisher:	Basic Books
Date:	10/14/1992
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.