Author: Stephanie J. Smith
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Democracy, from King Hammurabi’s Time to Tomorrow

ImageTemma Kaplan’s Democracy: A World History arrives at a timely moment. With presidential candidates and U.S. officials alike evoking the term “democracy” as a justification for political movements or a pretense for extraterritorial violence, Kaplan’s history of democracy offers a sorely needed study at an opportune time.

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