Primary Sources: Forms of Government

Classic and modern speeches, essays, poems, declarations, and documents on freedom and human rights worldwide.

The divine rights of Kings -- The common law -- Parlimentary constitutionalism -- Godly rule and toleration -- Democracy and communism -- Usurpation and tyrannicide -- The science of liberty -- The domestication of man.

Nearly 300 key documents are now readily available in translation.

See: Primary Documents section

See Thematic Table of Contents on page xli
Art - Bangladesh Formation - Caste - Christianity - Constitution - Democracy - East/West Comparisons - Economics - Education - Foreign Relations Post 1947 - Gandhi - Hindu Nationalism - Hindu Muslim Relations - Indian Nationalism and the Evaluation of British Rule - Kashmir - Language - Law - The Left (Communism, Marxism, etc) - Marathas - Mughal Decline - Muslim Nationalism - Nuclear Power - Religious Movements - Secularism - Self Determination - Sikhs - Uprising of 1857 - Violence & Non-Violence - Women

Contains documents in the following areas:
Overseas expansion in Asia, Africa, Europe & Americas
Atlantic World Encounters
State & Religion
Women, Marriage & Family: China & Europe
Scientific Revolution
Enlightenment & Revolution: Europe, Americas, India
Capitalism & Industrial Revolution
Colonization: Europe in Africa & Asia
Westernization & Nationalism: Japan, India & the West
World War I
World War II
Cold War
New Democracy Movements
Globalization