The Life and Death of Democracy

The Life and Death of Democracy PDF

Author: John Keane

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2009-06-01

Total Pages: 717

ISBN-13: 1847377602

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John Keane's The Life and Death of Democracy will inspire and shock its readers. Presenting the first grand history of democracy for well over a century, it poses along the way some tough and timely questions: can we really be sure that democracy had its origins in ancient Greece? How did democratic ideals and institutions come to have the shape they do today? Given all the recent fanfare about democracy promotion, why are many people now gripped by the feeling that a bad moon is rising over all the world's democracies? Do they indeed have a future? Or is perhaps democracy fated to melt away, along with our polar ice caps? The work of one of Britain's leading political writers, this is no mere antiquarian history. Stylishly written, this superb book confronts its readers with an entirely fresh and irreverent look at the past, present and future of democracy. It unearths the beginnings of such precious institutions and ideals as government by public assembly, votes for women, the secret ballot, trial by jury and press freedom. It tracks the changing, hotly disputed meanings of democracy and describes quite a few of the extraordinary characters, many of them long forgotten, who dedicated their lives to building or defending democracy. And it explains why democracy is still potentially the best form of government on earth -- and why democracies everywhere are sleepwalking their way into deep trouble.

Democratic Principles Illustrated by Example. by Peter Porcupine. Part the First

Democratic Principles Illustrated by Example. by Peter Porcupine. Part the First PDF

Author: ANONYMOUS.

Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions

Published: 2018-04-23

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9781385344910

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ Cambridge University Library T164537 Peter Porcupine = William Cobbett. With a final advertisement leaf. Aberdeen: printed for A. Brown, 1798. 22, [2]p.; 12°

Democratic Principles Illustrated by Example. by Peter Porcupine. Part the First. Seventh Edition

Democratic Principles Illustrated by Example. by Peter Porcupine. Part the First. Seventh Edition PDF

Author: ANONYMOUS.

Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions

Published: 2018-04-22

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9781385235898

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ John Rylands University Library of Manchester N000663 Peter Porcupine = William Cobbett. London: printed for J. Wright; and sold by Mundell and son, Edinburgh; and I. Mundell, Glasgow, 1798. 23, [1]p.; 12°

Democratic Principles Illustrated by Example. by Peter Porcupine. Part the First. Eighth Edition

Democratic Principles Illustrated by Example. by Peter Porcupine. Part the First. Eighth Edition PDF

Author: ANONYMOUS.

Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions

Published: 2018-04-18

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 9781379608554

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T222874 Peter Porcupine = William Cobbett. London: printed for J. Wright; and sold by Mundell and Son, Edinburgh; and I. Mundell, Glasgow, 1798. 23, [1]p.; 12°

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