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Tocqueville, Lieber, and Bagehot: Liberalism Confronts the World

By David Clinton

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2003
ISBN
1403962472, 9781403962478, 9781403973757
Open Library ID
OL8400181M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
714 kB (730803 bytes)
Series
The Palgrave Macmillan Series on the History of International Thought
Pages
256\170
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05

Description

Alexis de Tocqueville, Francis Lieber, and Walter Bagehot are all mid-19th-century liberals who both commented on and helped to shape public affairs in the three premier liberal countries of the time: France, the United States, and Britain. Each also had an interest in international politics that stemmed from certain aspects of his broader political philosophy. But what did liberalism mean in this context--spreading the benefits of liberty, building an international society, or practicing tolerant non-intervention? These three men demonstrate the varieties of liberal thought of that time, and in so doing illustrate some important choices facing our own.

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