Designed to serve the needs of students confronting Locke's
political thought for the first time, Lee Ward's edition offers a
faithful text of Two Treatises of Government with modernized
spelling and punctuation. Its Editor's Introduction outlines the
main arguments of these works, illustrates the conceptual thread
uniting the less frequently read First Treatise with the far more
famous Second Treatise, and locates Locke's work amid the turbulent
constitutional battles of 1690s England. Helpful notes at the foot
of the page, a Thematic Index, and an up-to-date Bibliography are
also provided.