Hoffman, Frank Sargent. The Sphere of the State or The People as a Body-Politic: With Special Consideration of certain Present Problems. New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, 1909. Third Edition, Revised. [9429]
Maroon publisher's cloth, very light wear at the ends and corners, 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches, x., 275 clean pp., index, tight. Very good. Hardcover.
"This book is not written primarily for advanced students in Political Science, but for the average intelligent beginner. it consists chiefly of lectures delivered to the senior class of Union College during the spring term of 18893, and is published with the hope that it may stimulate the reader to an increased interest in the problems discussed and help him, in some degree, to their right solution." - Preface to the First Edition.
The author was Professor of Philosophy in Union College.
Chapters pertaining to the State and government, education, property, corporations, transportation, taxation, money, treatment of criminals, the poor, cities, the family, the church, and relation to other States.
