A HEMISPHERE 'MUST'
Barnes, Harry Elmer
A Hemisphere 'Must' THE STORY OF THE AMERICAS, by Leland De-witt Baldwin, Simon and Schuster. $3.50. Reviewed by Harry Elmer Barnes DOCTOR BALDWIN has given us a much needed book on the...
...Herbert E. Bolton of the University of California, have stressed the importance of Spanish colonization of the United States, thus undermining our earlier single-track approach through the English colonies...
...Anyone who wishes to extend or freshen up his knowledge of American history, will, for more than one reason, find this the "must" book with which to launch a laudable enterprise...
...Reviewed by Harry Elmer Barnes DOCTOR BALDWIN has given us a much needed book on the discovery, settlement, and development of the New World...
...Other volumes, especially those written or influenced by Prof...
...Doctor Baldwin not only deals with the colonization of the United States by all the European nationalities involved, but he also treats of the occupation of all Latin America in a comprehensive fashion...
...It is the first clear and comprehensive treatment in one volume of the occupation of the western hemisphere by Europeans...
...It binds it all into a unity of adventure and experience hitherto not accomplished by any other author in a book of this sort...
...Hence, it is the first single volume to give us the proper perspective on the conquest and colonization of the New World...
...This is not only a valuable contribution to the colonization problem, but also serves to give us the proper perspective for understanding the history of the New World...
...The book will prove an invaluable introduction to all concepts of hemisphere policy, whatever direction they may take...
Vol. 7 • November 1943 • No. 47
