Physics and Politics

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1873. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. A fascinating work of political philosophy and natural selection by Walter Bagehot, part of the International Scientific Series. An interesting, late nineteenth century work of political philosophy, theorising on the application of the principles of natural selection and inheritance on political society.Written by Walter Bagehot, a nineteenth century essayist and businessman, who wrote about government, economics, philosophy, and race. His ideas, particularly the ones formed in this work, allowed him to develop a pseudoscientific racism, and base his conjectures on the idea that a person's nature is determined by inherited characteristics from the group of individuals from which they hailed. Part of the International Scientific Series. An early edition of this work, originally published in 1872. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with some shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Darkening to the cloth on the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned to the extremities, but are otherwise generally clean throughout. Very Good