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Newton Macmillan
A little-known turn-of-the-century writer, this author is remembered for a sharp, concise look at America’s growing role in world affairs after the Spanish-American War. His surviving work feels like a snapshot of the United States at a moment when it was starting to think of itself as a global power.
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The Outlook: Uncle Sam's Place and Prospects in International Politics
by Newton Macmillan
About the author
Very little biographical information about this author could be confirmed from reliable online sources during this search. What is clearly documented is that he wrote The Outlook: Uncle Sam's Place and Prospects in International Politics, a paper read before the Fortnightly Club in Oswego, New York, on May 2, 1899, and later published that same year.
That work places him among the many civic-minded speakers and essayists of the late nineteenth century who addressed public questions for local clubs and reading societies. In The Outlook, he examined the United States' changing international position in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War, giving modern readers a brief but revealing example of American political thought at the turn of the century.
Because dependable sources on his life appear to be scarce, it is best to treat him as an obscure historical author whose reputation rests mainly on this single surviving publication.