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The Columbian Institute had its origin in the formation, on June 15, 1816, of an association termed the Metropolitan Society, which later influenced the plan and organization of the Smithsonian Institution, particularly its function as museum, to promote the arts and the sciences.

This book assesses European Union policies aimed at encouraging democratization in East Asia and the North African and Middle Eastern States within the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership - these two regions being the source of some of the strongest conceptual challenges to 'Western' liberaldemocracy since the end of the cold war. The book addresses theoretical debates over the international dimensions of political change and the EU's characteristics as an international actor. The factors both driving and inhibiting European democracy promotion policies are explored. The book outlinesthe EU's distinctive bottom-up philosophy, aimed at constructing the socio-economic and ideational foundations for political liberalization, but argues that the EU has in practice failed to develop a fully comprehensive and coherent democracy promotion strategy.

The only comprehensive guide to the natural histories and habitats of all inland New England species

The author went overland to California in 1860, stopping en route in Salt Lake City.