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Popular government / by Sir Henry Sumner Maine ; with an introd. by George W. Carey.
LIBRA JC423 .M19 1976
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maine, Henry Sumner, 1822-1888.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Representative government and representation.
- Democracy.
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 254 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Indianapolis : Liberty Classics, [1976]
- Summary:
- Sir Henry Sumner Maine was one of the great intellects of the Victorian era. In "Popular Government" he examines the political institutions of men. He saw that popular governments, unless they are founded upon and consonant with the evolutionary development of a people, will crumble from their own excesses.George W. Carey is Professor of Government at Georgetown University and editor of the "Political Science Reviewer."
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0913966142 :
- 0913966150
- OCLC:
- 3003830
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