Political history has a detatched front cover. Its full title is:
The POLITICAL HISTORY Of the UNITED STATES;
or
POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY AND CITIZENSHIP; BIRTH AND GROWTH OF THE COLONIES; MARCH TO INDEPEN-DENCE; CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT;
PRESIDENTS AND ADMINISTRATIONS;
CONGRESSES AND POLITICAL MEASURES; PARTY PLAT-FORMS AND PRINCIPLES;
RISE AND FALL OF PARTIES.
QUESTIONS OF THE HOUR-
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM, POLYGAMY, PROHIBITION, SURPLUS REVENUE,
TARIFF and FREE TRADE,
ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST, REVIEW OF TARIFF Aстя.
BY JAMES P. BOYD, A. Μ.,
AUTHOR OF MILITARY AND CAVIL LIFE OF GENERALUS GRANT WONDERS OF THE HEAVERS, BARTH AND OCEAN," "TRACHEA'S BLOВARY," "HEITORY OF DENOMINATION," KYC.
ELABORATELY ILLUSTRATED.
INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING CO., No 44 North 4th Street, Phila., Pa.
1888
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ONE HUNDRED YEARS' PROGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
GIVING, IN A HISTORICAL FORM,
THE VAST IMPROVEMENTS MADE IN AGRICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF COTTON AND SUGAR; COMMERCE; TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION; STEAM ENGINE; MANUFACTURE OF COTTON, WOOLEN, SILK, PAPER, FIRE-ARMS, CUTLERY, HATS, CARRIAGES AND COACHES, PLATED WARE, LEATHER, BOOTS AND SHOES, CLOCKS AND WATCHES, PINS, REFINED SUGAR, GLASS, AND INDIA RUBBER; FISHING BUSINESS; FUR AND FUR TRADE; HUMANITARIAN INSTITUTIONS, ETC., ETC.; WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF STATISTICAL INFORMATION, SHOWING THE COMPARATIVE PROGRESS OF THE DIFFERENT STATES WITH EACH OTHER, AND THIS COUNTRY WITH OTHER NATIONS.
WITH AN APPENDIX ENTITLED
MARVELS THAT OUR GRANDCHILDREN WILL SEE; OR,
ONE HUNDRED YEARS' PROGRESS IN THE FUTURE.
BEING AN ESTIMATE OF THE VAST INCREASE OF POPULATION, WEALTH, GROWTH OF CITIES, AND DEVELOPMENT OF ALL BRANCHES OF INDUSTRY, DEDUCED FROM FACTS AND FIGURES OF THE PAST ONE HUNDRED YEARS, WITH REMARKS ON THE PROSPECTIVE INFLUENCE OF INDIVIDUAL AND CORPORATIVE MONOPOLIES; CONFLICT BETWEEN CAPITAL AND LABOR; INCREASE OF PROTECTIVE UNIONS; ACQUISITION OF TERRITORY; EXHAUSTION OF PUBLIC LANDS; GREAT ADVANCE IN REAL ESTATE, &C.; WITH REFLECTIONS ON THE SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND RELIGIOUS CHANGES WHICH WILL ENSUR FROM THE TRANSFERENCE OF THE GOVERNING POWER FROM THE ANGLO-SAXON RACE TO THE TEUTONIC, CELTIC, AND SCANDINAVIAN RACES OF EUROPE, AND MONGOLIAN, MALAT, AND AFRICAN RACES; WITH EXAMPLES FROM ANCIENT AND MODERN HISTORY OF THE EFFECT OF SUCH CHANGES OF POPULATION ON THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE OLD WORLD.
BY EMINENT LITERARY MEN,
WHO HAVE MADE THE SUBJECTS ON WHICH THEY HAVE WRITTEN THEIR SPECIAL STUDY.
EMBELLISHED WITH TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ENGRAVINGS,
Executed by the First Artists in the Country, Illustrating the Progress of the various Interests treated of
FURNISHED BY AGENTS ONLY.
HARTFORD, CONN.:
PUBLISHED BY L, STEBBINS.
HENRY HOWE, CINCINNATI, 0.
1871.
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