The Victorian Achievement of Sir Henry Maine: A Centennial Reappraisal - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052103454X ISBN 13: 9780521034548

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

In The Victorian Achievement of Sir Henry Maine some of the world's leading scholars, in a wide range of disciplines, come together to consider the extraordinary achievement of Sir Henry Maine, sometime Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge (1877-1888) and one of the most powerful and original minds of the Victorian age. The disciplinary range and scholarly stature of the contributors is itself testimony to the fascination of Maine's work which, after a period of relative neglect, is now recognized as a unique and fecund contribution to the development of social scientific study. The book is divided into four sections, dealing with the principal strands of Maine's life and writing, viz. his views on social and political progress, his anthropological and social scientific works, his legal and jurisprudential thought and finally his writings on Indian affairs, the product (in part) of his experiences as the legal member of Council of the Governor-General from 1862 to 1869.

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Book Description:

Some of the world's leading scholars in the social sciences come together to consider the achievement of Sir Henry Maine, one of the most powerful and influential minds of the Victorian age.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 052103454X
• ISBN 13: 9780521034548
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 472
• Editor: Diamond Alan