TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harrington,James
TI  - The Commonwealth of Oceana
AV  - HX 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Utopias -- Early works to 1800
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Commonwealth_of_Oceana; Release date is 2001-09-01; Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer, and David Widger; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "The Commonwealth of Oceana" by James Harrington is a work of political philosophy published in 1656. Initially censored by Oliver Cromwell, this allegorical vision reimagines England as the utopian republic of Oceana. Harrington presents revolutionary ideas including land ownership limits, property distribution reforms, and term limits for politicians. The work depicts Cromwell himself as the lawgiver Olphaeus Megalator, offering a detailed blueprint for an ideal constitution that challenges traditional power structures and proposes rotation by ballot to prevent concentrated authority. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2801
ER  -