Overview: Samuel Hutchison Beer (1911-2009) was the Eaton Professor of Science of Government at Harvard University from 1971 to 1982. Beer’s research focused on the government and politics of Great Britain, American federalism, intergovernmental relations, comparative government, and the history of political theory. The collection documents Beer’s involvement as a teacher, writer, advisor, consultant, and political activist, and illuminates his role as a distinguished American scholar of British...