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050 4 _aJC223.A35L39 2012
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100 1 _aLazarski, Christopher.
245 1 0 _aPower Tends to Corrupt :
_bLord Acton's Study of Liberty.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aIthaca :
_bCornell University Press,
_c2012.
264 4 _c©2012.
300 _a1 online resource (339 pages)
336 _atext
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505 0 _aCover -- 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.
520 _aNo detailed description available for "Power Tends To Corrupt".
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aActon, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron, 1834-1902--Political and social views.
650 0 _aLiberty.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aLazarski, Christopher
_tPower Tends to Corrupt
_dIthaca : Cornell University Press,c2012
_z9780875804651
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3382577
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