From Slavery to the Cooperative Commonwealth Labor and Republican Liberty in the Nineteenth Century |
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Author:
| Gourevitch, Alex |
ISBN: | 978-1-107-66365-7 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2014 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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This book reconstructs how a group of nineteenth-century labor reformers appropriated and radicalized the republican tradition. These 'labor republicans' derived their definition of freedom from a long tradition of political theory dating back to the classical republics.
This book reconstructs how a group of nineteenth-century labor reformers appropriated and radicalized the republican tradition. These 'labor republicans' derived their definition of freedom from a long tradition of political theory dating back to the classical republics.