The myth of individualism

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Revised and updated throughout, the third edition of this powerful book continues to challenge the common belief that human behavior is the result of free choices.

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This engaging supplemental text 3/5(2). Sharpening the debate over the values that formed America’s founding political philosophy, Barry Alan Shain challenges us to reconsider what early Americans meant when they used such basic political concepts as the public good, liberty, and slavery.

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