Freedom : : A History / / Donald W. Treadgold.
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 par...
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| Year of Publication: | 1990 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- 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