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Liberty in Peril : Democracy and Power in American History.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : Independent Institute, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (273 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781598133349
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Liberty in PerilDDC classification:
  • 320.973
LOC classification:
  • JK1726 .H653 2019
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Half Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword, by Barry R. Weingast -- Preface -- 1. Liberty: The Revolutionary Cause -- 2. Liberty and Democracy as Economic Systems -- 3. Consensus versus Democracy: Politics in Eighteenth-Century America -- 4. Constitutions as Constraints: The Articles of Confederation and the Constitution of the United States -- 5. The Growth in Parties and Interests before the War Between the States -- 6. The Impact of the War Between the States -- 7. Interest Groups and the Transition to Government Growth: 1870-1915 -- 8. Populism and Progressivism -- 9. The Growth of the Federal Government in the 1920s -- 10. The New Deal and World War II -- 11. Democracy Triumphs: The Great Society -- 12. The Dangers of Democracy -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
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Front Cover -- Title Page -- Half Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword, by Barry R. Weingast -- Preface -- 1. Liberty: The Revolutionary Cause -- 2. Liberty and Democracy as Economic Systems -- 3. Consensus versus Democracy: Politics in Eighteenth-Century America -- 4. Constitutions as Constraints: The Articles of Confederation and the Constitution of the United States -- 5. The Growth in Parties and Interests before the War Between the States -- 6. The Impact of the War Between the States -- 7. Interest Groups and the Transition to Government Growth: 1870-1915 -- 8. Populism and Progressivism -- 9. The Growth of the Federal Government in the 1920s -- 10. The New Deal and World War II -- 11. Democracy Triumphs: The Great Society -- 12. The Dangers of Democracy -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

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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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