Toward the light of liberty : the struggles for freedom and rights that made the modern Western world /: the struggles for freedom and rights that made the modern Western world. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Struggles for freedom and rights that made the modern Western world
• Further Information: Note: A.C. Grayling.
• Other Names: Grayling, A. C
• Contents: Setting the scene -- The demand for liberty. The Reformation and the beginning of modern liberty ; Freeing the mind ; The fight against absolutism -- The extension of liberty. Slaves, workers, women, and the struggle for liberty ; The Liberty Century ; Rights out of wrongs ; The idea of liberty and the verge of betrayal -- Landmarks on the road to freedom. The Bill of Rights, 1689 ; The United States Bill of rights, 1791 ; Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ; The Chartists' 'Six Points' and petition ; United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
• Publisher Details: New York : Walker
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (336 pages, [16] pages of plates), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 323.09; Philosophy; Civil rights -- History; Liberty -- History; Civil rights; Liberty; Civil rights -- History; Freedom -- History; History -- General; History; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780802718860; 0802718868
• Related ISBNs: 9780802716361; 0802716369
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-324) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.