Britain adopted this political theory as much as it could. ... Liberal theories also influenced the British government's reluctance to intervene in the time of the 1930's depression. ... The unification of Italy was also based on a liberal theory. ... The construction of the state education system from 1870 to 1914 seemed to be in response to the campaigns of women, however domestic skills were still taught to girls to pacify the men who feared that Britain might be in moral decline. ... All in all the state education system didn't really effect female pupils that much, sinc...

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The Developments Caused by Liberalism in the Rise of Socialism Early theories of the Enlightment philosophy formed an underlying theme through the history of liberalism and the development of socialism. ... The theories of Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau, among other thinkers would be identified as a sometimes distorted echo throughout history. John Locke presented the reinvented theory that, symbolic of a social contract, there must be a compromise between the sovereign and his subjects whereby respect for the ruler receives an equal respect for the liberties and rights of property of his ...

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Introduction EDWARD B. MCLEAN Western man's pursuit of liberty has been constant. Indeed, the concept of liberty is central to Western political thought and history. The following essays, which were the first of the Goodrich Lecture Series at Wabash College, examine the concept of liberty as it has been understood from antiquity through the twentieth century. Since they were delivered, some of the essays have been modified, but the original thrust of the lecture series has been preserved. ...

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