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Excerpt from Labour in the Commonwealth: A Book for the Younger GenerationThe middle classes in industry - The one-man busi ness and the present proprietor - Their demand for security and tendency to preserve the status quo The foremen and other supervisors - The lower paid professionalsheir apparently greater free dom largely illusory in fact - The middle classes the dependents of Capitalism - The upper middle class - Growth of organisation a...

Excerpt from The Reorganisation of Industry Series, II: Some Problems of Urban and Rural IndustryAt Oxford the wish was expressed by more than one delegate that Rural Problems might form the subject of discussion on some future occasion, and two of the papers here printed - those by Mr. Orwin and Mr. Ashby - with the discussions to which they gave rise, are the outcome of this suggestion.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of...

Excerpt from Trade Unionism on the Railways: Its History and ProblemsAs we shall have to discuss the important Unions in detail in the course of this book, a bare list will suffice here, with a very brief indication of the lines of demarcation between them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. ...

Excerpt from Workshop OrganizationIN the autumn of 1914 when the scientific study of the effects of war upon modern life passed suddenly from theory to history, the Division of Economics and History of the Carnegie Endow ment for International Peace proposed to adjust the programme of its researches to the new and altered problems which the War presented. The existing programme, which had been prepared as the result of a conference of economis...

Excerpt from Practical Economics or Studies in Economic PlanningIn these days, that Simple faith has been eclipsed. Our fathers were much less certain of it than our grandfathers, and in our own day it is held at all only by way of obstinate reaction against the pre vailing conditions. Some economists continue to preach the theoretical soundness Of the older doctrine, but even they have to admit that the chance Of' seeing it applied in the mod...

Excerpt from Practical Economics or Studies in Economic PlanningIn these days, that Simple faith has been eclipsed. Our fathers were much less certain of it than our grandfathers, and in our own day it is held at all only by way of obstinate reaction against the pre vailing conditions. Some economists continue to preach the theoretical soundness Of the older doctrine, but even they have to admit that the chance Of' seeing it applied in the mod...

Excerpt from Guild Socialism: A Plan for Economic DemocracyThis book does not claim to be an authoritative statement of Guild Socialism in the sense that it would be accepted by all, or by a majority of, Guild Socialists. There is, I am glad to say, no such thing as a strict Guild orthodoxy, and for the most part it can only claim to be an expression of personal opinion. I think, however, that where the matters discussed in it have been the su...

Excerpt from The World of Labour: A Discussion of the Present and Future of Trade UnionismWorld, there is a growing movement of unrest, and new forces seem to be arising inside the American Federa tion of Labour to challenge the ascendency of Mr. Samuel Gompers. Lastly, in this country, the economic and industrial situation has fundamentally changed, and, even in the midst of the political triumphs of reaction, Labour is revealing in the econo...

Excerpt from Social TheoryRound a single point - the nature and function of the State. On this point I have been led to modify my former View so as to recognise that many of the arguments Which I used to justify the assigning of certain social functions to the State in fact only justify their assigning to some body which, like the modern State, is structurally inclusive in that all the members of the community are also its members. I had alrea...

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Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

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Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

About the Book Books about Contemporary Political Science discuss the issues that determine how countries, and communities are governed, draws on fields such as history, economics and philosophy. Titles include: English Socialism of To-Day: Its Teaching and Its Aims Examined, Popular Government, Four Essays (1885), The League of Nations at work, Why men fight, a method of abolishing the international duel, The veto power, its origin, developme...

About the Book Books about the Political Process discuss how political parties and political movements are formed, elections are conducted, and how governments are formed. Titles include: A Brief Enquiry Into the True Nature and Character of Our Federal Government, A Manual of Government in Canada, British Aristocracy and the House of Lords, Election by lot at Athens, How England is governed, Towards international government, The Foundations o...

About the Book Books about Political Ideology describe the principles and ideals that are the driving forces of social movements of various kinds that group together under the heading of a political party or ideology. Such political groupings may represent different social, racial, ethnic, commercial or other grouping. Titles include: A Traveller in War-Time, With an Essay on the American Contribution and the Democratic Idea, Christian Sociali...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

This is volume 2 of the set A Short History of the British Working Class Movement (1937). The volumes reprinted here provide a general narrative of the history of the working class movement in all its main aspects - Trade Unions, Socialism and Co-operatives. The historical focus is upon the latter part of the eighteenth century, set against a background of economic and social history.