An invaluable introduction to how the British have allowed their freedoms to be taken away.

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Product Description

Takes us through British, American and European history, elaborating not just how civil liberties were constructed in the past, but how they were continually rethought - and re-fought - in response to modernity, and puts into context various controversies of the past.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #401261 in Books
• Published on: 2009-06-04
• Original language: German
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.37 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 480 pages

Features

• New
• Mint Condition
• Dispatch same day for order received before 12 noon
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• No quibbles returns

About the Author
Ben Wilson was born in 1980 and studied history at Pembroke College, Cambridge - both as an undergraduate and postgraduate. His first book, The Laughter of Triumph: William Hone and the Fight for the Free Press, was published by Faber in 2005 to universal acclaim. This was followed in 2007 by Decency and Disorder: The Age of Cant 1789-1837.