I think you're right, and it must be because this is from the Library of Congress, which is a repository of books published in the US. A slightly less contentio

I think you're right, and it must be because this is from the Library of Congress, which is a repository of books published in the US. A slightly less contentious example would be de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_in_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_in_America