Ancient Rome and Modern America: A Comparative Study of Morals and Manners

By Guglielmo Ferrero

To another work by Dr. Ferrero which will shortly come into publication under the title of Between the Old World and the New. It is in order to explain that Between the Old World and the New was brought into print in continental editions (in Italy, in France and elsewhere) before the publication of the present work. The author has, however, decided, that for the English speaking readers of the two volumes it would be ad visable to change the order of publication and to issue first this study of Morals and Manners. The second book, Between the Old World and the New, will appear, in New York and in London, early in the autumn of.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Release date: Nov 6, 2017

Guglielmo Ferrero

GUGLIELMO FERRERO (Portici, 1871 - Mont-Pèlerin sur Vevey, 1942) fue un destacado historiador y periodista de filiación liberal. Tras la publicación de los seis volúmenes de su magna Grandeza y decadencia de Roma (1902), recorrió Europa y Estados Unidos —invitado por el presidente Theodore Roosevelt en persona— dando conferencias. Fue también un gran estudioso de la Revolución francesa, a la que dedicó obras como Bonaparte en Italia (1936) o Talleyrand en el Congreso de Viena (1940).