Property and Freedom (Vintage) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Property and Freedom Richard Pipes, Harvard scholar and historian of the Russian Revolution, brings his remarkable erudition to an exploration of a wide range of national and political systems to demonstrate persuasively that private ownership has served over the centuries to limit the power of the state and enable democratic institutions to evolve and thrive in the Western world.Beginning with Greece and Rome, where ...
Full description- Publisher: Vintage Books
- Published: 13 June 2000
- Format: Paperback 352 pages
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- Categories: Social Issues & Processes | Political Science & Theory | Political Control & Freedoms | Legal History | Property Law
- ISBN 13: 9780375704475 ISBN 10: 0375704477
- Sales rank: 355,021
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Full description for Property and Freedom
Richard Pipes, Harvard scholar and historian of the Russian Revolution, brings his remarkable erudition to an exploration of a wide range of national and political systems to demonstrate persuasively that private ownership has served over the centuries to limit the power of the state and enable democratic institutions to evolve and thrive in the Western world. Beginning with Greece and Rome, where the concept of private property as we understand it first developed, Pipes then shows us how, in the late medieval period, the idea matured with the expansion of commerce and the rise of cities. He contrasts England, a country where property rights and parliamentary government advanced hand-in-hand, with Russia, where restrictions on ownership have for centuries consistently abetted authoritarian regimes; finally he provides reflections on current and future trends in the United States. Property and Freedom is a brilliant contribution to political thought and an essential work on a subject of vital importance.
