Freedom: Volume I: Freedom in the Making of Western Culture

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.

Author: Orlando Patterson
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 10/14/1992
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.06w x 1.32d
ISBN13: 9780465025329
ISBN10: 0465025323
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Civil Rights
- History | World | General
- Political Science | American Government | National

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