Government of Dependencies: An Essay; Essay on Colonies
New York: M. Walter Dunne, 1901. 216 + 99, illus., index, lib bookplate & pocket, discolor ins rear bd & flylf, lib call # taped to spine, bd corners & spine edges worn. Illustrated with photogravures on Japan vellum, hand painted reproductions, and full page portraits of authors. Two works bound together: Lewis' Government of Dependencies, and Adam Smith's Essay on Colonies. In his introduction, Jacob Gould Schurman (President of Cornell University) explains that the Spanish-American War has "devolved new responsibilities upon us and awakened new interests, " and that therefore Americans are now "vitally concerned in the problem of governing foreign races and distant communities" (p. vii). Condition: fair to good, ex-lib.
Keywords: Colonies, Settlement, Spanish-Am War
[Book #15691]
Price: $76.50