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Contents
The Contraction of the West | 13 |
Who Are the Liberals? | 27 |
in Human Nature and the Good Society | 46 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Suicide of the West: an essay on the meaning and destiny of liberalism |
| Author | James Burnham |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | John Day Co., 1964 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jan 9, 2007 |
| Length | 312 pages |
| Subjects | › › Political Science / General Political Science / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism |
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