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
- Title:
- 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)
- Main Title:
- Toward the light of liberty : the struggles for freedom and rights that made the modern Western world
- 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.
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- 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).
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- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.70020
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