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Fairness and Freedom
David Hackett Fischer
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Description for Fairness and Freedom
From one of America's preeminent historians comes a magisterial study of the development of open societies focusing on the United States and New Zealand Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MBF; 1MBN; HBJK; HBJM; HBTB; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 49. Weight in Grams: 974.
Fairness and Freedom compares the history of two open societies - New Zealand and the United States - with much in common. Both have democratic polities, mixed-enterprise economies, individuated societies, pluralist cultures, and a deep concern for human rights and the rule of law. But all of these elements take different forms, because constellations of value are far apart. The dream of living free is America's Polaris; fairness and natural justice are New Zealand's Southern Cross. Fischer asks why these similar countries went different ways. Both were founded by English-speaking colonists, but at different times and with ... Read more
Fairness and Freedom compares the history of two open societies - New Zealand and the United States - with much in common. Both have democratic polities, mixed-enterprise economies, individuated societies, pluralist cultures, and a deep concern for human rights and the rule of law. But all of these elements take different forms, because constellations of value are far apart. The dream of living free is America's Polaris; fairness and natural justice are New Zealand's Southern Cross. Fischer asks why these similar countries went different ways. Both were founded by English-speaking colonists, but at different times and with ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
656
Condition
New
Number of Pages
656
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199832705
SKU
V9780199832705
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About David Hackett Fischer
David Hackett Fischer is University Professor at Brandeis University. His books include The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History, Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America, Liberty and Freedom: A Visual History of America's Founding Ideas, and Washington's Crossing, which was a New York Times Bestseller and winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
Reviews for Fairness and Freedom
Part travelogue, part geography primer, part journalistic reflection, Fischer's book is a masterly attempt to sketch and compare the historical development of the United States and New Zealand ... Fairness and Freedom abounds with captivating characters
Mark G. Spencer, Times Literary Supplement
[David Hackett Fischer] is a gifted story-teller, and he is also a skilled research technician and ... Read more
Mark G. Spencer, Times Literary Supplement
[David Hackett Fischer] is a gifted story-teller, and he is also a skilled research technician and ... Read more