The Law of Civilization and Decay: An Essay on History

380 Pages·1943·39.643 MB·English

by  Brooks Adams

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Copyright 1896 by The Macmillan Co. Copyright 1924 by Brooks Adams. Copy-
right 1943 hy Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book
may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the pub-
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printed in a magazine or newspaper. Manufactured in the United States of
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Published simultaneously in Canada by The Ryerson Press