The Law of Civilization and Decay: An Essay on History

by Brooks Adams

THE LAW OF

Civilization and Decay

An Essay on History

BY

BROOKS ADAMS

New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., Ltd.
1897

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Copyright, 1896,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

Set up and electrotyped September, 1896. Reprinted February, September, 1897.

Norwood Press
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