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Excerpt from The Theory of Social Revolutions Further than this I have but one word to add. I have written in support of no political movement, nor for any ephemeral purpose. I have written only to express a deep convie tion which is the result of more than twenty years of study, and reflection upon this subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.co...

Excerpt from The New Empire Last spring I undertook to prepare for publication several essays and addresses which I supposed were connected together closely enough to present a consecutive chain of thought. On attempting an arrangement I found that I was mistaken, and that to be understood I must recast the whole. When I reached this conclusion it was too late to withdraw from the task, and the consequence has been that I have written the fol...

Excerpt from The Emancipation of Massachusetts Ago, since when I have hardly opened it. Therefore I now read it almost as if it were written by another man, and I find to my relief that, on the whole, I think rather better of it than I did when I published it. In deed, as a criticism of what were then the accepted views of Massachusetts history, as expounded by her most authoritative historians, I see nothing in it to retract or even to modif...

Excerpt from America's Economic Supremacy Approached from this standpoint, the most impor tant and absorbing phenomenon of our time is the condition of Great Britain, for, should she not be maintaining her energy relatively to the development of energy elsewhere, her supremacy must be passing from her, either toward the east or west. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ...

Excerpt from The Law of Civilization and Decay: An Essay on History The value of history lies not in the multitude of facts collected, but in their relation to each other, and in this respect an author can have no larger responsibility than any other scientific observer. If the sequence of events seems to indicate the exist ence of a law governing social development, such a law may be suggested, but to approve or disapprove of it would be as ...

A survey of American history against the background of the English and French experiences

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