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David Hackett Fischer

Fairness and Freedom

A History of Two Open Societies: New Zealand and the United States

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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 disparate purposes. Th… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-0-19-991295-7
  • EAN: 9780199912957
  • Produktnummer: 13881528
  • Verlag: Oxford University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 9'280 KB
  • Abbildungen: 154 b/w illus; 23 detailed maps

Über den Autor


David Hackett Fischer teaches history at Brandeis University. His books include The Great Wave, Albion's Seed, and Liberty and Freedom. Washington's Crossing was a New York Times bestseller and won the Pulitzer Prize in 2005. Champlain's Dream was an international bestseller, and won McGill's Cundill Award for Excellence in 2008.

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