Lazarski, Christopher. <br/><br/>
Power Tends to Corrupt :  Lord Acton's Study of Liberty. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (339 pages) 
<br/><br/>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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781609090791 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron, 1834-1902--Political and social views.<br/>Liberty.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JC223.A35L39 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.01/1