First edition. Two folding coloured maps & cartographic endpapers, with numerous illustrations. 4to. Fine in original brown cloth, gilt. xxix, 499pp. London, Methuen & Co., 1910.
In 1908, President Roosevelt invited Johnston to study the progress of Africans transplanted to the United States. “This work he extended by travelling to Haiti, the West Indies, Cuba, Central America and Brazil and the results of his observations produced [this] his last important volume … a document of great penetration and admirable humanitarian intelligence” (DNB).
