{"product_id":"9781632950888","title":"A Manual of the History of the Political System of Europe and Its Colonies","description":"\u003cp\u003ePyrrhus Press specializes in bringing books long out of date back to life, allowing today’s readers access to yesterday’s treasures. \u003cbr\u003eThis is a seminal and comprehensive look at the political order of Europe, with an in depth look at the various nations and their imperial empires.  From the preface:\u003cbr\u003e“AMONG the remarkable phenomena which the general history of mankind presents to our notice, that of the European States-System, or confederation of states, during the last three centuries, is the greatest, and, at the same time, with reference to ourselves, the most important. The states-systems which were formed in ancient Greece, and in Italy during the middle ages, are far inferior, both as regards their power and their extent; and though the Macedonian system, which arose out of the division of Alexander’s universal monarchy, may, perhaps, be compared with it in this respect as well as in some others, it still altogether failed to attain to such an exalted degree of maturity and refinement. But it possesses this superior importance for us, not merely on account of the personal interest we take in its transactions, but also because we have by far the best acquaintance with the mode of its formation, and the various changes and vicissitudes it has undergone.\u003cbr\u003eWhoever undertakes to write the history of any particular states-system, (by which we mean the union of several contiguous states, resembling each other in their manners, religion, and degree of social improvement, and cemented together by a reciprocity of interests,) ought, above all things, to possess a right conception of its general character. In the system of European states, it is obvious this character must be sought for in its internal freedom, or, in other words, the mutual independence of its members, however disproportionate they may otherwise be in regard to physical power. It is this feature which distinguishes such a system from one of an opposite class, that is, where an acknowledged preponderance of one of the members exists.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pyrrhus Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152028582128,"sku":"9781632950888","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781632950888_p0.jpg?v=1763675663","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781632950888","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}