Book contents
- The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy
- The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Detailed Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- I Introduction
- II Maritime Geography
- III European Diffusion
- IV Alternate Explanations
- V Conclusions
- 15 A Summary View
- 16 Connectedness
- Appendix A: Variables
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
16 - Connectedness
from V - Conclusions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 September 2022
Book contents
- The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy
- The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Detailed Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- I Introduction
- II Maritime Geography
- III European Diffusion
- IV Alternate Explanations
- V Conclusions
- 15 A Summary View
- 16 Connectedness
- Appendix A: Variables
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.
Mark Twain (2007 [1869])- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Deep Roots of Modern DemocracyGeography and the Diffusion of Political Institutions, pp. 379 - 397Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022