Liberalism : the life of an idea / Edmund Fawcett.
Liberalism : the life of an idea / Edmund Fawcett.
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2014]
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G 2014/4772
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English
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xvi, 468 pages ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction: It's about more than liberty -- The confidence of youth (1830-1880). Historical setting in the 1830s: thrown into a world of ceaseless change ; Guiding thoughts from founding thinkers: conflict, resistance, progress, and respect ; Liberalism in practice: four exemplary politicians ; Th...
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2014]
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New Jersey
Date Published
[2014]
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"Liberalism dominates today's politics just as it decisively shaped the past two hundred years of American and European history. Yet there is striking disagreement about what liberalism really means and how it arose. In this engrossing history of liberalism--the first in English for many decades--veteran political observer Edmund Fawcett traces the...
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Liberalism : the life of an idea / Edmund Fawcett.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-431) and indexes.
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G 2014/4772
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74VKKj5ekG0X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKKj5ekG0X
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ISBN
0691156891 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780691156897 (cloth : acid-free paper)
DDC
320.51
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991021979969702626
