Histories (pre-1900) from The Well-Educated Mind
Discover essential pre-1900 histories for the educated mind, featuring Democracy in America, The Communist Manifesto, and The Prince.
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Plutarch's lives / the Dryden translation, edited with preface by Arthur Hugh Clough ; introduction by James Atlas.
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The Prince
by Niccolò Machiavelli
Mansfield's translation of this classic work, in combination with the new material added for this edition, makes it the definitive version of The Prince, indispensable to scholars, students, and lovers of the dark art of politics.
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Democracy in America
by Alexis de Tocqueville
A French aristocrat's account of the ways in which democratic ideals were applied in America during the nineteenth century.
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The Communist Manifesto
by Karl Marx
In 1848, two young men published what would become one of the defining documents of modern history. The Communist Manifesto, as it was called, rapidly realigned political faultlines all over the world, and its aftershock resonates to this day. In the 150 years since its publication, no other social program has inspired such divisive and violent debate. And the recent collapse of the first regime that embraced it calls for a new, retrospective interpretation of the Manifesto'sintent and impact. Featuring an extensive, provocative introduction by historian Martin Malia, this authorised English translation of The Communist Manifesto, edited and annotated by Engels, with prefaces to editions published between 1872 and 1888, provides an opportunity to examine the document that shook the world.
