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1 online resource |
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Online resource; title from EPUB title page (Library Ideas, viewed January 28, 2015). |
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Includes index. |
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. |
Subject |
Liberty -- History.
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HISTORY / General
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Liberty. (OCoLC)fst00997251
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Genre |
Electronic books.
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Added Author |
Freading.
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Related To |
Print version: Danford, John W. Roots of freedom. Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books, 2004 1882926900 (DLC) 2002103505 (OCoLC)57435910 |
ISBN |
9781497648906 (electronic bk.) |
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1497648904 (electronic bk.) |
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