Surveys a wide range of British opinion on the United States in the nineteenth century and highlights the views of John Stuart Mill, Walter Bagehot, Sir Henry Maine, and James Bryce, who wrote extensively on American government and society.
Surveys a wide range of British opinion on the United States in the nineteenth century and highlights the views of John Stuart Mill, Walter Bagehot, Sir Henry Maine, and James Bryce, who wrote extensively on American government and society.
Frank Prochaska was born and educated in America but has lived much of his life in England. His previous books include The Eagle and the Crown: Americans and the British Monarchy (2008); Christianity and Social Service in Modern Britain (2006); The Republic of Britain 1760-200 (2000); Royal Bounty: The Making of a Welfare monarchy (1995); The Voluntary Impulse (1988), and Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England (1980). He taught British history at Yale for many years and is an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Historical Research, London University.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface 1: Introduction: Transatlantic Attitudes 2: John Stuart Mill: The Tyranny of Conformity 3: Walter Bagehot: The Tyranny of the Constitution 4: Sir Henry Maine: Democracy Denied 5: James Bryce: Anglo-Saxon Democracy 6: Conclusion: Anglo-American Exceptionalism Index
Preface 1: Introduction: Transatlantic Attitudes 2: John Stuart Mill: The Tyranny of Conformity 3: Walter Bagehot: The Tyranny of the Constitution 4: Sir Henry Maine: Democracy Denied 5: James Bryce: Anglo-Saxon Democracy 6: Conclusion: Anglo-American Exceptionalism Index
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