# A Tolerable Anarchy

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- Authors: [Jedediah Purdy](https://www.bookquiver.com/jedediah-purdy)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-14-0009-584-1
- Pages: 304
- Published: 2010-03-09
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In A Tolerable Anarchy, Jedediah Purdy traces the history of the American understanding of freedom, an ideal that has inspired the country’s best—and worst—moments, from independence...