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The secret history of democracy

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The secret history of democracy/ edited by Benjamin Isakhan, Stephen Stockwell.
other author:	Isakhan, Benjamin,
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;Palgrave Macmillan, : c2011.,
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 252 p.)
Subject:	Democracy - History. -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230299467
ISBN:	9780230299467 (electronic bk.)

The secret history of democracy
The secret history of democracy[electronic resource] /edited by Benjamin Isakhan, Stephen Stockwell. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;Palgrave Macmillan,c2011. - 1 online resource (xi, 252 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: democracy and history /Benjamin Isakhan and Stephen Stockwell --Part I:

"This book explores the intriguing idea that there is much more democracy in human history than is generally acknowledged. It establishes that democracy was developing across greater Asia before classical Athens, clung on during the 'Dark Ages', often formed part of indigenous governance and is developing today in unexpected ways"--

ISBN: 9780230299467 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

802913
Democracy
--History.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: JC421 / .S395 2011eb

Dewey Class. No.: 321.8

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