The Rise of European Liberalism Author:Harold J. Laski Beginning with the new world of the Renaissance and the Reformation, this book traces the growth of Liberal doctrine until the advent of the French Revolution. It seeks to show the relation of Liberalism to the new economic system, and the impact of this upon science, philosophy, and literature. The book seeks to explain how the same c... more »auses which produced the Liberal spirit also produced the reasons for the growth of Socialism. The contribution of men like Machiavelli, Locke, and Voltaire, the influence of the voyages of discovery, the effect of the Puritan Revolution, are among the special topics discussed. « less