Roots of Freedom : A Primer on Modern Liberty.

By:

Danford, John W

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781497648906

Subject(s):

Liberty-History

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Roots of FreedomDDC classification:

323/.09

LOC classification:

JC585 .D364 2004

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Contents:

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Roots in Ancient Greece -- Chapter 2 Roots in Premodern Christianity -- Chapter 3 The Emergence from Feudalism -- Chapter 4 The Protestant Reformation -- Chapter 5 The Modern Project -- Chapter 6 Science, Ambition, and Conquest -- Chapter 7 Natural Rights and the Natural Condition -- Chapter 8 Property and Liberty -- Chapter 9 Commerce and Liberty -- Chapter 10 Wealth, Cooperation, and Freedom -- Chapter 11 Prices and Markets -- Chapter 12 American Liberty -- Chapter 13 Majority Tyranny -- Chapter 14 Free Societies and the Future -- Index -- Copyright Page.

Summary: Roots of Freedom is a primer on the thinkers and ideas that, over many centuries, have laid the foundations of free societies. Concepts such as the rule of law, independent judiciary, limited government, free markets, and individual autonomy are traced in the writings of (among others) Luther, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Hume, Adam Smith, the American founders, Alexis de Tocqueville, and John Stuart Mill.

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Roots of Freedom is a primer on the thinkers and ideas that, over many centuries, have laid the foundations of free societies. Concepts such as the rule of law, independent judiciary, limited government, free markets, and individual autonomy are traced in the writings of (among others) Luther, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Hume, Adam Smith, the American founders, Alexis de Tocqueville, and John Stuart Mill.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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