The Political Pamphlets and Letters of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and Related Pieces

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The Political Pamphlets and Letters of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and Related Pieces : University of Virginia Press : 9780930326142 : 0930326148 : 30 Nov 2001 : Charles L. Dodgson's publications on political subjects offer a very different view of Lewis Carroll, the man made famous by his "Alice" books. Better known for whimsical and nonsense writings, Dodgson wrote on the entire spectrum of voting theory, applying it to issues of local governance at Christ Church College in the University of Oxford, where he was employed all of his professional life?mainly as Mathematical Lecturer?and to issues of national politics. Yet this work remained largely unknown at his death. This third volume of a planned series of six is a comprehensive account of Dodgson's publications on voting theory. Francine F. Abeles offers a fresh perspective on his contributions to what was then an embryonic school of politics. Drawing together all of Dodgson's pamphlets, letters, diary entries, and other pieces on t

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