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Eminent Victorians on American Democracy - The View from Albion (Paperback)
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Eminent Victorians on American Democracy - The View from Albion (Paperback)
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Eminent Victorians on American Democracy surveys a wide range of
British opinion on the United States in the nineteenth century. It
highlights the views of John Stuart Mill, Walter Bagehot, Sir Henry
Maine, and James Bryce, who wrote extensively on American
government and society. America was significant to them not only
because it was the world's most advanced democracy, but also
because it was a political experiment that was seen to anticipate
the future of Britain. The Victorians made a memorable contribution
to the continuing debate over the character and origins of
democracy through their perceptive examination of issues ranging
from the US Constitution to its practical application, from the
Supreme Court to the party system. Their trenchant commentary
punctures several popular American assumptions, not least the idea
of 'exceptionalism'. What distinguishes the Victorian writers was
their willingness to examine the US Constitution dispassionately at
a time when Americans treated it as a sacred document. Although the
United States has changed dramatically since they wrote, much of
their commentary remains remarkably prescient, if only because the
American government retains so much of its eighteenth-century
character. Today, when rival American priesthoods see the
Constitution in the light of their particular altars, it is worth
revisiting what leading Victorians had to say about it.
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