The Growth of Government: The Development of Ideas About the Role of the State and the Machinery and Functions of Government in Britain Since 1780
x, 296pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine heel. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has very light shelf wear and chipping to edges, mirrors book damage. 8vo. Covering the period since 1870 and considering the growth of government, it is divided into two parts - the ideas of economists and political philosophers that have been an important influence about what role the State should have and examining the development of the machinery of government in Britain.
