Triumphant Democracy

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Triumphant Democracy is a political and social treatise by industrialist Andrew Carnegie that praises American democratic institutions and contrasts them favorably with the British system of government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
political treatise
social treatise
advocatesFor adoption of American-style democratic practices
aimsTo demonstrate superiority of American democracy over British system
author Andrew Carnegie
authorBirthplace Scotland
authorCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
authorOccupation industrialist
comparesWith British system of government
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticizes British aristocracy
hereditary privilege in Britain
discusses American political institutions
British Parliament
British monarch
surface form: British monarchy

United States Constitution
genre political non-fiction
social commentary
hasAlternativeClassification American political thought
political philosophy literature
hasForm prose
hasPerspective pro-American democratic institutions
hasReception used as a defense of American institutions in the 19th century
hasTheme Anglo-American relations
democracy
political reform
republicanism
social progress
historicalPeriod late 19th century
influencedBy American political experience of Andrew Carnegie
intendedAudience American public
British public
language English
mainSubject American democracy
British political system
comparative government
notableFor criticizing aspects of the British political system
praising American democratic institutions
publicationYear 1886
supports egalitarian political institutions
workOf Andrew Carnegie

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Andrew Carnegie authored Triumphant Democracy