American Commonwealth, Vol. II

English academic, Viscount James Bryce (1838-1922) served as British Ambassador to the United State from 1907 to 1913. Volume II of his description of the "American Commonwealth" was originally published in 1893 and updated in 1914 and describes the American party system, social institutions, public opinion and reflections on a variety of topics, from Tammany Hall, woman's suffrage, the South since the Civil War, and the "present and future of the Negro."