Social problems /
"The first eleven chapters of this book are revised from articles published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, during the first half of this year, under the title of problems of the Time." In the chapters which follow, I have more fully developed the lines of thought there begun...
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| Language: | English |
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Chicago, New York :
Belford, Clarke and Company,
1883.
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| Summary: | "The first eleven chapters of this book are revised from articles published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, during the first half of this year, under the title of problems of the Time." In the chapters which follow, I have more fully developed the lines of thought there begun. My endeavor has been to present the momentous social problems of our time, unencumbered by technicalities, and without that abstract reasoning which some of the principles of Political Economy (or perhaps, rather, false teachings in regard to them) require for thorough comprehension. I have spoken in this book of some points not touched upon, or but lightly touched upon, in "Progress and Poverty," but there are other points as to which I think it would be worth the while of those who may be interested by this book to read that"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved). |
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| Item Description: | Appendix: I. The United States census report on the size of farms. Francis A. Walker and Henry George.--II. Condition of English agricultural laborers. William Saunders.--III. A piece of land. Francis G. Shaw. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (366 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |