Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Editorial introduction; 1. Harrington's life before 1656; 2. Oceana: the circumstances of publication; 3. Oceana: its ideological context; 4. Oceana: its argument and character; 5. The growth of the canon: the polemic against clericalism; 6. The growth of the canon: the disintegration of the commonwealth; 7. The history of the ideology: Harrington's ideas after his lifetime; 8. The Commonwealth of Oceana; 9. The manner and use of the ballot; 10. Pian Piano; 11. The prerogative of popular government; 12. The stumbling-block of disobedience and rebellion; 13. A note upon the foregoing ecologues; 14. Brief directions; 15. The art of lawgiving; 16. Politicaster; 17. Pour enclouer le Canon; 18. A discourse upon this saying; 19. A discourse showing that the spirit of parliaments … is not to be trusted; 20. A parallel of the spirit of the people with the spirit of Mr Rogers; 21. Aphorisms political; 22. Valerius and publicola; 23. The rota; 24. The ways and means whereby an equal and lasting commonwealth; 25. A letter unto Mr Stubbe; 26. A system of politics; 27. The examination of James Harrington; Index.

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This work of James Harrington includes all of his prose works on political subjects as well as Oceana.