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Little Leap Forward : A Boy In Beijing

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by Guo Yue and Clare Farrow ; illustrated by Helen Cann
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Book, Barefoot Books, 2008
Description
A sensitively written, real-life sory about a boy called Litle Leap Forward, growing up in he hutongs of Beijing in the 1960’s, at the time of the Cultural Revolution. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Liberty · Juvenile fiction · Friendship · Family · China · Communism · Freedom · Fiction · Family life · History · 1949-1976 · Yue, Guo, 1958- · Farrow, Clare · Cann, Helen, 1969-
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CHILD LIT (LOWER) 804 Y947L AVAILABLE

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Friends Of Liberty : Thomas Jefferson, Tadeusz Kosciuszko , And Agrippa Hull : A Tale Of Three Patriots, Two Revolutions, And A Tragic Betrayal Of Freedom In The New Nation

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Gary B. Nash and Graham Russell Gao Hodges
Publication Details
Book, Basic Books, 2008
Description
Friends of Liberty tells the remarkable story of three men whose lives were braided together by issues of liberty and race that fueled revolutions across two continents. When Kosciuszko returned to America in the 1790s, bearing the wounds of his own failed revolution, he and Jefferson forged an intense friendship based on their shared dreams for the global expansion of human freedom. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Jefferson, Thomas, · 1743-1826 · Kosciuszko, Tadeusz, · 1746-1817 · Hull, Agrippa, · 1759-1848 · Slavery · United States · History · 18th century · Liberty · Revolution, 1775-1783 · Biography · Social aspects · 1783-1815 · Poland · Revolution of 1794 · Nash, Gary B · Hodges, Graham Russell, 1946-
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(LOWER LEVEL) E206 .N36 2008 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E206 .N36 2008	AVAILABLE

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Encyclopedia Of Emancipation And Abolition In The Transatlantic World

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edited by Junius Rodriguez
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Book, Sharpe Reference, 2007
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- Table of contents only
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Slavery · History · Encyclopedias · Liberty · Rodriguez, Junius P
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Toward The Light Of Liberty : The Struggles For Freedom And Rights That Made The Modern Western World

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A.C. Grayling
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Book, 1st U.S. ed, Walker & Co, 2007
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The epic story of the interlocking struggles to achieve the individual rights and freedoms that characterize Western civilization, by one of the world’s leading public intellectuals. These in turn made possible the abolition of slavery, rights for working men and women, universal education, the enfranchisement of women, and much more. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Civil rights · History · Liberty · History. · sears · Freedom · Grayling, A. C
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(LOWER LEVEL) JC571 .G733 2007 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	JC571 .G733 2007	AVAILABLE

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The Pox Party

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taken from accounts by [Octavius Nothing's] own hand and other sundry sources ; collected by M.T. Anderson of Boston
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Book, 1st ed, Candlewick Press, 2006
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- Publisher description
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As the boy’s regal mother, Cassiopeia, entertains the house scholars with her beauty and wit, young Octavian begins to question the purpose behind his guardians’ fanatical studies. Anderson’s extraordinary novel takes place at a time when American Patriots rioted and battled to win liberty while African slaves were entreated to risk their lives for a freedom they would never claim. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Liberty · Juvenile fiction · Slavery · Science · Experiments · African Americans · Freedom · Fiction · Massachusetts · History · Revolution, 1775-1783 · Juvenile fiction · United States · Anderson, M. T
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CHILD LIT (LOWER) 804 An548a AVAILABLE

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Journeys For Freedom : A New Look At America’s Story

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Susan Buckley and Elspeth Leacock ; illustrations by Rodica Prato
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Book, Houghton Mifflin, 2006
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- Publisher description
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Each dynamic spread in Journeys for Freedom maps a factual account of real people pursuing freedom?and creating America’s story. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Liberty · History · Anecdotes · Juvenile literature · United States · Biography · Maps for children · Buckley, Susan Washburn · Leacock, Elspeth · Prato, Rodica
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OVER CHILD LIT (LOWER) 973 B925j AVAILABLE

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OVER CHILD LIT (LOWER)	973 B925j	AVAILABLE

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Freedom And The English Revolution : Essays In History And Literature

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edited by R.C. Richardson and G.M. Ridden
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Book, Manchester University Press, 1986
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English literature · Early modern, 1500-1700 · History and criticism · Congresses · Liberty · Liberty in literature · Revolutionary literature, English · History and criticism · Literature and history · Great Britain · History · Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660 · Literature and the revolution · Richardson, R. C · Ridden, G. M
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(LOWER LEVEL) DA405 .F74 1986 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	DA405 .F74 1986	AVAILABLE

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Catholicism And American Freedom : A History

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John T. McGreevy
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Book, 1st ed, W.W. Norton, 2003
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The story of Catholicism is also international, as Catholics and non-Catholics reacted to people, ideas, and events abroad, from the 1848 revolutions to the rise of European fascism in the 1930s and the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Catholic Church · United States · History · Liberty · Religious aspects · Christianity and politics · Church history · McGreevy, John T
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(LOWER LEVEL) BX1406.3 .M36 2003 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	BX1406.3 .M36 2003	AVAILABLE

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Power Versus Liberty : Madison, Hamilton, Wilson, And Jefferson

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James H. Read
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Book, University Press of Virginia, 2000
Description
Does every increase in the power of government entail a loss of liberty for the people? Power versus Liberty reconstructs a four-way conversation–sometimes respectful, sometimes shrill–that touched on the most important issues facing the new nation: the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, federal authority versus states’ rights, freedom of the press, the controversial Bank of the United States, the relation between nationalism and democracy, and the elusive meaning of “the consent of the governed.” (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Madison, James, · 1751-1836 · Contributions in political science · Hamilton, Alexander, · 1757-1804 · Contributions in political science · Wilson, James, · 1742-1798 · Jefferson, Thomas, · 1743-1826 · Political science · United States · History · 18th century · Power (Social sciences) · Authority · Liberty · Read, James H., 1958-
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(LOWER LEVEL) JA84.U5 R37 2000 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	JA84.U5 R37 2000	AVAILABLE

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Church, State, And Christian Society At The Time Of The Investiture Contest

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Gerd Tellenbach ; translated by R.F. Bennett
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Book, University of Toronto Press in association with the Medieval Academy of America, 1991
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Church and state · History · Investiture · Liberty · Tellenbach, Gerd, 1903- · Medieval Academy of America
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(LOWER LEVEL) BX1790 .T4313 1991 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	BX1790 .T4313 1991	AVAILABLE

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The American Counterrevolution : A Retreat From Liberty, 1783-1800

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Larry E. Tise
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Book, 1st ed, Stackpole Books, 1998
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Counterrevolutions · United States · History · 18th century · Counterrevolutionaries · Biography · Liberty · Politics and government · 1783-1809 · Tise, Larry E
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(LOWER LEVEL) E302.1 .T57 1998 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E302.1 .T57 1998	AVAILABLE

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The Story Of American Freedom

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Eric Foner
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Book, 1st ed, W.W. Norton, 1998
Description
The United States fought the Civil War to bring about a new birth of freedom, World War II for the Four Freedoms, and the Cold War to defend the Free World. In Eric Foner’s stirring history, freedom’s story unfolds through aspiration and sacrifice, its meaning shaped not only in congressional debates and political treatises, but on plantations and picket lines, in parlors and bedrooms. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Civil rights · United States · History · Human rights · Democracy · Liberty · Foner, Eric
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(LOWER LEVEL) E179 .F69 1998 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E179 .F69 1998	AVAILABLE

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The Bastille : A History Of A Symbol Of Despotism And Freedom

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Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink and Rolf Reichardt ; translated by Norbert Schürer
Publication Details
Book, Duke University Press, 1997
Description
This book is both an analysis of the Bastille as cultural paradigm and a case study on the history of French political culture. The Bastille demonstrates the potency of the interdisciplinary historical research that has characterized the end of this century, combining quantitative and qualitative approaches, and taking its methodological tools from history, sociology, linguistics, and cultural and literary studies. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Bastille · Liberty · History · Symbolism in politics · France · Revolution, 1789-1799 · Influence · Lüsebrink, Hans-Jürgen · Reichardt, Rolf
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(LOWER LEVEL) DC167.5 .L8713 1997 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	DC167.5 .L8713 1997	AVAILABLE

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Freedom’s Moment : An Essay On The French Idea Of Liberty From Rousseau To Foucault

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Paul M. Cohen
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Book, University of Chicago Press, 1997
Description
An eloquent and insightful work on French political culture, Freedom’s Moment also helps explain how France, even as it has oscillated between political stagnation and crisis, has held onto its faith that liberty, equality, and fraternity remain within its grasp. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Liberty · History · Philosophy, French · Cohen, Paul M. 1955-
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(LOWER LEVEL) B105.L45 C64 1997 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	B105.L45 C64 1997	AVAILABLE

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Revolution And The Meanings Of Freedom In The Nineteenth Century

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edited by Isser Woloch
Publication Details
Book, Stanford University Press, 1996
Description
In the aftermath of the French Revolution, ?freedom? The introductory chapter evokes the problematic relationships between reform and revolution and introduces themes that appear in subsequent chapters, though each chapter is a free-standing interpretive essay. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Revolutions · History · 19th century · Liberty · Constitutional history · Woloch, Isser, 1937-
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(LOWER LEVEL) D359.7 .R48 1996 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	D359.7 .R48 1996	AVAILABLE

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