Freedom from Want: American Liberalism and the Idea of the Consumer
(Part of the New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History Series)
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In 1941, Franklin Delano Roosevelt identified four essential human freedoms. Three of these--freedom from fear, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion--had long been understood as defining principles of liberalism. Roosevelt's fourth freedom--freedom from want--was not. Indeed, classic liberals had argued that the only way to guarantee this freedom would be through an illiberal redistribution of wealth. In Freedom from Want, Kathleen...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0801883911
ISBN13:9780801883910
Release Date:January 2006
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:344 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 9.2" x 6.5"
Age Range:22 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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