author

Newman, Francis William (1805-1897).

title

Contrasts of Ancient and Modern History.

published

Miscellanies: Chiefly Academic. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Co., 1891. 178-248.

description

series; four parts; 71 pp.

format

pdf.

subjects

slavery; serfdom; racism; sexism; women; civil liberties; conquest; civilization; morality; land-ownership; education; national religion; religious toleration; persecution; war; morality; Persia; Egypt; Greece; Islam; Christendom; Charles Martel; Charlemagne; comparative government; despotism; constitutional monarchy; republics; Russia; Austria; England; United States; barbarity; weaponry; balance of power; arts; sciences; industry; foreign commerce; land cultivation.

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