Freedom : : A History / / Donald W. Treadgold.
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Treadgold, Donald W., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Freedom : A History / Donald W. Treadgold. New York, NY : New York University Press, [1990] ©1990 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Ancestry of Freedom in the Mediterranean: The Jews -- 2. The Ancestry of Freedom in the Mediterranean: The Greeks -- 3. Rome and the Hellenistic Mediterranean -- 4. The Beginnings of European Freedom, 350-1050 -- 5. The High Middle Ages: The West, Byzantium, and Islam, 1050-1350 -- 6. The Renaissance and the Reformation, 1350-1650 -- 7. The Birth of Constitutional Government, 1650—1800 -- 8. The Coming of Democracy, 1800-1990: Part 1 -- 9. The Coming of Democracy, 1800-1990: Part 2 -- 10. The Coming of Democracy, 1800-1990: Part 3 -- 11. India, China, and Japan -- 12. Latin America -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star A worldwide trend toward democracy is surely one of the more remarkable phenomena of our times, even if the movement twoard that goal may often be haphazard and elusive. Past history will provide a healthy skepticism concerning the likelihood of democracy being reached in the near future in many parts of the world, as well as a preparedness for the possibility that many countries apparently close to the "institutional divide" are going to slip back rather than cross it soon. Nevertheless, the past 2600 years, or even 5000, yield the reassuring message that during that long period freedom has improved its extent significantly, with respect both to geographical breadth and institutional depth.This book is the first to attempt to describe the history of the growth of freedom on a world scale within one single set of covers. It sets out not to redefine freedom nor to discvoer freedom where no one else has, nor to argue that freedom is the proud possession of one country or tradition or people. Its purpose instead is to show how certain elements of free society made their appearance in an amazing variety of places, from ancient Sumeria and China to medieval Japan, modern Czechoslovakia and Costa Rica, in areas both inside and outside of the Western European and North American tradition that will probably be familiar to most readers of the English language edition of this book.The whole story, with its fits and starts, triumphs and tragedies, deserves the thoughtful reflection of everyone who in the wish to establish and protect freedom would avoid needless disappointment and despair and desires to act intelligently to attain the attainable. But even for the quietest, the person who has no faith in human action to improve man's lot, the story is worth pondering, for along with failure and misery it holds much that is noble and uplifting, tells of much gain for humanity through patient suffering and self-sacrifice, and catches a vision of liberty for all in the present an dpossible future that was inconceivable at the dawn of history. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) Cultural pluralism History. Democracy History. Free enterprise History. Liberty History. HISTORY / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000 9783110716924 print 9780814781906 https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814784495.001.0001 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814784495 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780814784495/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Ancestry of Freedom in the Mediterranean: The Jews -- 2. The Ancestry of Freedom in the Mediterranean: The Greeks -- 3. Rome and the Hellenistic Mediterranean -- 4. The Beginnings of European Freedom, 350-1050 -- 5. The High Middle Ages: The West, Byzantium, and Islam, 1050-1350 -- 6. The Renaissance and the Reformation, 1350-1650 -- 7. The Birth of Constitutional Government, 1650—1800 -- 8. The Coming of Democracy, 1800-1990: Part 1 -- 9. The Coming of Democracy, 1800-1990: Part 2 -- 10. The Coming of Democracy, 1800-1990: Part 3 -- 11. India, China, and Japan -- 12. Latin America -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Ancestry of Freedom in the Mediterranean: The Jews -- 2. The Ancestry of Freedom in the Mediterranean: The Greeks -- 3. Rome and the Hellenistic Mediterranean -- 4. The Beginnings of European Freedom, 350-1050 -- 5. The High Middle Ages: The West, Byzantium, and Islam, 1050-1350 -- 6. The Renaissance and the Reformation, 1350-1650 -- 7. The Birth of Constitutional Government, 1650—1800 -- 8. The Coming of Democracy, 1800-1990: Part 1 -- 9. The Coming of Democracy, 1800-1990: Part 2 -- 10. The Coming of Democracy, 1800-1990: Part 3 -- 11. India, China, and Japan -- 12. Latin America -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author |
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