Title: History of the idea of progress /
Authors: Nisbet, Robert A.
Date: 1980
Publisher: Basic Books,
Physical description: xi, 370 pages ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC class: H
Contents: Foreword -- PART I: THE GENESIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE IDEA OF PROGRESS: Introduction -- The Classical world -- The early Christians --Medieval currents -- The Renaissance: some cross-currents -- The great renewal -- PART II: THE TRIUMPH OF THE IDEA OF PROGRESS: Introduction -- Progress as freedom -- Progress as power -- The persistence of progress -- Progress at bay -- Epilogue.
Notes: Includes index.