Popular Government

by Henry Sumner Maine

Overview

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.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780913966150
Publisher:	Liberty Fund, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/01/1977
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction, by George W. Carey 11
Preface 21 ESSAY I
The Prospects of Popular Government 27 ESSAY II
The Nature of Democracy 75 ESSAY III
The Age of Progress 137 ESSAY IV
The Constitution of the United States 197 Index 249