The Modern Democratic State by A. D. Lindsay Vol. 1 1947

The Modern Democratic State
Volume 1
A. D. Lindsay
Oxford University Press 1947
First American edition
286 pages
Preface by W. Y. Elliott

The binding is in good condition, the pages are clean but lightly tanning and there is a bookplate in the front. The cover is toned and shows a small amount of edge wear. Good. Hardcover.

Contents:  Political Theory and Operative Ideals; The Heritage of Western Civilization; The Secularization of the State; Ethics, Politics and Economics; Early Democratic Theories; The Nation State; The Industrial Revolution; The Claim of the State; Sovereignty Restated, or the Supremacy of the Constitution; The General Will, or the Standard of the Common Life; Democracy and the Common Life     (#00001016)