{"product_id":"popular-government-imperium-press-henry-james-sumner-maine-9781922602107","title":"Popular Government - Imperium Press (Studies in Reaction)","description":"\u003cp\u003eChurchill once said that \"democracy is the worst form of government except for all others...\" and in \u003cem\u003ePopular Government\u003c\/em\u003e, Henry Sumner Maine answers him 60 years in advance with \"...unless you examine any part of history at all.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, one of the greatest legal minds of the 19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century applies to the question of governance the historical method that made him famous in his \u003cem\u003eAncient Law\u003c\/em\u003e. No faction-anarchist, legitimist, nationalist, Jacobite-escapes his penetrating gaze, nor does any democratic vice. But Maine is no partisan, and in the fourth and final essay, he gives a fair and thorough critique of the jewel in the democratic crown-the US constitution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an age where democracy has never been more fragile, Maine's clear-eyed analysis has never been more relevant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry James Sumner Maine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1922602108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781922602107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Imperium Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 4.25w x 0.37d","brand":"Henry James Sumner Maine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049132716287,"sku":"9781922602107","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3bcd603b-77d2-45be-b8ef-58641edbb2d6.jpg?v=1684999819","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/popular-government-imperium-press-henry-james-sumner-maine-9781922602107","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}