NEW DEAL IN OLD ROME...[Dealing] with Modern Problems. [First Edn.]

by Haskell, H.J

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NY:: Knopf,, 1939. Hardcover; fore- & bottom edges untrimmed; otherwise good.. index. With 4pp. of reproduced b&w maps of Roman Empire expansion, from 8th century B.C. to 2nd century A.D. Henry Joseph Haskell (1874-1952), editor of `Kansas City Star' newspaper. tells how Roman governments handled economic / political matters--Quintus Cicero advised political candidates to promise anything--`Human nature being what it is, all men prefer a false promise to a flat refusal'--&--`Get some new scandal against your rivals...crime, immorality, corruption.' ||| Rome, dominating its world, faced familiar woes--`Get-Rich-Quick'; `Farm Problem'; `Big Business in Politics'; `World of beggars & World of the rich.' It grew more imperious, less democratic, more despotic... ||| Located at Library of Congress, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Univ. of Chicago & British Library.