A century of political development
By: by Hector Macpherson ...
Publisher: W. Blackwood and Sons
Published: 1908
Place of publication: Edinburgh; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: Social sciences.; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
Notes: "With the exception of the two concluding chapters, the contents of this volume appeared in the columns of the 'Edinburgh Evening News.'" --Pref.
Table of contents: title: Preface.; title: I. Preliminary survey.; title: II. Rousseau and the French Revolution.; title: III. The British reaction: Burke.; title: IV. The Rights of man [Thomas Paine]; title: V. Bentham and the utilitarians.; title: VI. The philosophic radicals.; title: VII. John Stuart Mill.; title: VIII. Carlyle as a political thinker.; title: IX. Cobden and the Manchester school.; title: X. The evolution school.; title: XI. The theory of natural rights.; title: XII-XIII. The socialist movement.; title: XIV. The rise of imperialism.; title: XV. Imperial federation.