The path-breaking history of modern liberalism told through the pages of one of its most zealous supporters In this lan
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English Pages 360 Year 2019
Table of contents :
Cover Page
Halftitle Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction
I. Pax Britannica
1. Free Trade Empire: From Hawick to Calcutta
2. Walter Bagehot's Dashed Doubts
3. Edward Johnstone and the Aristocracy of Finance
4. Landslide Liberalism: Social Reform and War
5. Own Gold: Layton and the League
II. Translatio Imperii
6. Extreme Centre
III. Pax Americana
7. Liberal Cold Warriors
8. Globalization and Its Contents
Conclusion: Liberalism's Progress
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index