By Paul A. Rahe (NHC Fellow, 1983–84) An assessment of the ancient Greek city and its subsequent influence. A masterwork of political theory and comparative politics for the classroom.
By Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr. (NHC Fellow, 1981–82; 1982–83) Striving to bring clarity to the purpose and need for modern executive power, Taming the Prince discusses the philosophical influences of executive power and considers the role of the executive in business and politics.
By Paul L. Murphy (NHC Fellow, 1981–82)
By Jack P. Greene (NHC Fellow, 1986–87; 1987–88; 2009–10) Using the British Empire as a case study, this succinct study argues that the establishment of overseas settlements in America created a problem of constitutional organization that created deep and persistent tensions within the empire during the colonial era and that the failure to resolve it … Continued
By Barbara N. Ramusack (NHC Fellow, 1986–87) Although the princes of India have been caricatured as oriental despots and British stooges, Barbara Ramusack's study argues that the British did not create the princes. On the contrary, many were consummate politicians who exercised considerable degrees of autonomy until the disintegration of the princely states after independence. … Continued
By Dennis Romano (NHC Fellow, 2000–01) Immortalized in later centuries in works by Lord Byron, Giuseppe Verdi, Eugène Delacroix, and others, Francesco Foscari reigned as the powerful doge of Venice during tumultuous years from 1423 to 1457. The stuff of legends, his life was marked by political conflict, vengeful enemies, family heartbreak, and, at the … Continued
By Sean McCann (NHC Fellow, 2001–02) There is no more powerful symbol in American political life than the presidency, and the image of presidential power has had no less profound an impact on American fiction. A Pinnacle of Feeling is the first book to examine twentieth-century literature’s deep fascination with the modern presidency and with the ideas … Continued
By Niccolò MachiavelliTranslated by Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr. (NHC Fellow, 1981–82; 1982–83) The most famous book on politics ever written, The Prince remains as lively and shocking today as when it was written almost five hundred years ago. Initially denounced as a collection of sinister maxims and a recommendation of tyranny, it has more recently been defended … Continued
Edited by David Armitage (NHC Fellow, 1996–97) and Henry St. John Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke, was one of the most creative political thinkers in eighteenth-century Britain. In this volume, modernised and fully annotated texts of his most important political works, the Dissertation upon Parties, the letter, 'On the Spirit of Patriotism', and The Idea … Continued
Edited by John Jay TePaske (NHC Fellow, 1989–90) and Alvaro Jara The Royal Treasuries of the Spanish Empire in America provides records of Spanish colonial treasuries of various New World administrative centers. In this volume, the fourth in the series, the authors have compiled quantitative date on the fiscal structure of the presidency of Quito that … Continued