The Victorian Achievement of Sir Henry Maine
Subtitle: A Centennial Reappraisal
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 14, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 472
ISBN-13: 9780521034548
Subjects: History of ideas, intellectual history; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; History & Theory - General; Maine, Henry Sumner,--Sir,--1822-1888.--Ancient law--Congresses; Political Science / History & Theory; Progress; Social sciences
First sentence: It is best that we begin our re-examination of a life notable for the ideas associated with it, as near as we are able, at the beginning.