This book examines the advent of the ‘new liberalism’ in late Victorian and Edwardian times, challenging accepted views about its development. The book analyzes concepts of community, welfare, and state regulation in political theory and stresses the contribution of biological and...

Introduction: Land and Liberty -- Progress and Poverty: Land and Inequality in the Liberal Tradition -- The Prophet of San Francisco: Confronting the Modern Metropolis -- The Truths of Smith and Proudhon: Crafting a New Liberalism -- Labor Omnia Vincit: Crafting the Movement -- The Democracy of...