Freedom in America

by Kenneth Bridges

For United States History survey courses, History of the American Revolution, History of the Early Republic, Twentieth-Century United States, US Political History, Constitutional History, History of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, also political science courses examining the Constitution and Civil Liberties. What is American freedom? This anthology defines and shows the evolution of this intrinsic American right through 95 letters, essays, constitutions, and laws. The authors both criticizes the U.S. for its failures to live up to its ideals and inspires it to expand the benefits of freedom to ever-increasing multitudes. This book originated with a comment to the ";The five most important words in American History all men are created equal.&rdq

Genres: Nonfiction

440 pages, Paperback

First published April 29, 2007

Reviews

[Colby Kleinsasser]

This is an anthology of various documents and speeches related to the establishment and fight for freedom in America. I appreciated that Bridges included a brief paragraph or two before each piece describing some of the context and summarizing the most important points from the text that followed.

A note not necessarily about the writing itself, it was fascinating reading the documents and speeches from our nation’s past and how many themes apply today in our current context.