Publisher's Synopsis
(LARGE PRINT EDITION) 1921. Part One of Two. Bryce, British historian, statesman, and diplomat, wrote significant works in several fields; the first of these was his History of the Holy Roman Empire. His interest in sociology and philosophy is evident in the second of his great treatises, The American Commonwealth, a classic that is still read and used. Bryce served as ambassador to the United States and the vast knowledge he gained of Americans is revealed in his writings. His other major works are Studies in History and Jurisprudence and this work Modern Democracies, which is a comparative study of free governments. The Contents of this volume are divided into the following Parts: Considerations Applicable to Democratic Government in General; Some Democracies in Their Working; Switzerland; and Canada. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. Other volumes in this set are ISBN(s): 1417911735.
