Liberalism: A Counter-History
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781781682166 (178168216X)
Publish date: March 11th 2014
Publisher: Verso
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Liberalism was arguably born when the Netherlands gained freedom from Philip II of Spain and its wealthy commercial class took political control. While the Dutch celebrated their liberation from the shackles and restraints of the ancien regime and its mediaeval values, what they prized in particular...