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Power Tends to Corrupt : Lord Acton's Study of Liberty.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (339 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781609090791
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Power Tends to CorruptDDC classification:
  • 320.01/1
LOC classification:
  • JC223.A35L39 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Power Tends to Corrupt -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1-Acton's Life and Mission -- PART ONE-THE FOUNDATION OF LIBERTY -- 2-Liberty's Ancient Roots From Ancient Israel to the Fall of the Roman Empire -- 3-A Bumpy Road to Success Liberty in the Middle Ages -- 4-The Great Reversal Modern Infatuation with Power -- PART TWO-ANGLO-AMERICAN LIBERTY -- 5-English Liberty The Birth of Mature Liberty -- 6-The High Point of Liberty Colonial America and the Foundation of the Republic -- 7-The American Experience Between the Union's Founding and the Civil War -- PART THREE-THE LIBERTY OF REVOLUTIONARY DREAMS -- 8-The French Revolution A Triumph of Revolutionary Tyranny -- PART FOUR-CIVIC VERSUS CIVIL LIBERTY -- 9-Acton's Ideal Polity and Its Alternatives -- Conclusions-Acton's Legacy and Lessons -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
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Cover -- Power Tends to Corrupt -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1-Acton's Life and Mission -- PART ONE-THE FOUNDATION OF LIBERTY -- 2-Liberty's Ancient Roots From Ancient Israel to the Fall of the Roman Empire -- 3-A Bumpy Road to Success Liberty in the Middle Ages -- 4-The Great Reversal Modern Infatuation with Power -- PART TWO-ANGLO-AMERICAN LIBERTY -- 5-English Liberty The Birth of Mature Liberty -- 6-The High Point of Liberty Colonial America and the Foundation of the Republic -- 7-The American Experience Between the Union's Founding and the Civil War -- PART THREE-THE LIBERTY OF REVOLUTIONARY DREAMS -- 8-The French Revolution A Triumph of Revolutionary Tyranny -- PART FOUR-CIVIC VERSUS CIVIL LIBERTY -- 9-Acton's Ideal Polity and Its Alternatives -- Conclusions-Acton's Legacy and Lessons -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

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