The Dimensions of Liberty

Oscar Handlin; Mary Handlin

Published by Harvard University Press 1961

The Dimensions of Liberty

Oscar Handlin and Mary Handlin

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674182622

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About this book

Using the ability of the individual to take action as a working measure of the extent of liberty at any time, Oscar Handlin and Mary Handlin identify and describe numerous factors that have had an important effect on American freedom since colonial days. In defining the broad dimensions of the conception, they investigate, among other subjects, the significance of the idea that the state derived power from the consent of the governed, the early concept of the Commonwealth, the later one of police powers, the roles played by governmental institutions, churches, secret lodges, voluntary associations of all kinds, immigration, the professions, continuing social and physical mobility, and the growth of wealth.

Author information

Handlin Oscar :

Oscar Handlin, a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian, was Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Emeritus, at Harvard University. He was the editor of This Was America.Handlin Mary Flug :

Mary Handlin is Research Editor, Center for the Study of the History of Liberty in America, Harvard University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. LIBERTY AND POWER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
II. THE PROCEDURES FOR THE EXERCISE OF POWER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
III. THE LIMITS OF POLITICAL POWER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
IV. THE ENDS OF THE USE OF POWER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
V. VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
VI. RESTRICTIVE ASSOCIATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
VII. POWER AND THE WEALTH OF MEN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
VIII. QUESTIONS OF CHRONOLOGY AND CAUSE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
NOTES. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. INDEX
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193

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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1961
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 204
Keywords: POLITICAL SCIENCE / General; HISTORY / United States / General; Liberty.; United States -- Social conditions.; United States -- Politics and government.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674182622

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1961
ISBN: 9780674182592