''The Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States by the Best American and European Writers'' was an

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edited by

John Joseph Lalor John Joseph Lalor ( to 9 June 1899) was an American political scientist, a translator of work by Ludwig Nohl and Wilhelm Roscher, and the publisher of ''Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the Unite ...

, first published in

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in 1881 by Maynard, Merrill and Co. Its contents are in the

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External links

Volume 1 of the 1890 edition
at the Internet Archive
Volume 2 of the 1890 edition
at the Internet Archive
Volume 3 of the 1890 edition
at the Internet Archive 1881 non-fiction books Reference works in the public domain American online encyclopedias Politics of the United States {{US-hist-book-stub