The Spirit of American Government: A Study of the Constitution; Its Origin, Influence and Relation to Democracy (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Spirit of American Government: A Study of the Constitution; Its Origin, Influence and Relation to DemocracyIt is the purpose of this volume to trace the influence of our constitutional system upon the political conditions which exist in this country to-day. This phase of our political problems has not received adequate recognition at the hands of writers on American politics. Very Often indeed it has been entirely ignored, although in the Short period which has elapsed since our Constitution was framed and adopted, the Western world has passed through a political as well as an industrial revolution.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.