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Brinkley, Alan. Liberalism and Its Discontents. Harvard University Press, 1997. Compilation of essays that explore the history of liberalism in the United States since the 1930s.

Davies, Gareth. From Opportunity to Entitlement: The Transformation and Decline of Great Society Liberalism. University Press of Kansas, 1999. On the decline of American liberal ideals, from LBJ to the present.

Gress, David. From Plato to NATO: The Idea of the West and Its Opponents. Free Press, 1998. Evolution of the Western European ideas.

Hartz, Louis. The Liberal Tradition in America: An Interpretation of American Political Thought Since the Revolution. 2nd ed. Harcourt, 1991. Discusses America's contribution to the liberal tradition; first published in 1955.

Jenkins, Roy. The British Liberal Tradition. University of Toronto Press, 2001. A lecture delivered at the University of Toronto in which Sir Roy traces the rise and fall of British liberalism from Gladstone to the present.

Mill, John Stuart. On Liberty and Other Essays. Cambridge University Press, 1991. Classic text of modern liberalism; also includes “The Subjection of Women” and posthumously published “Chapters on Socialism.”

Wellstone, Paul. The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming the Compassionate Agenda. Random House, 2001, 2002. The late senator from Minnesota outlines his career and calls for citizen activism.

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