The Conditions of Industrial Peace (Routledge Revivals)
The Conditions of Industrial Peace (Routledge Revivals)

Author: J. A. Hobson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-11-12

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 1136309985

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First published in 1927, Hobson’s treatise on industrial conflict analyses the nature and causes of industrial disputes with the aim of finding an equitable means of settling them. Assessing the notion of a fair wage within the context of the pool of wealth, Hobson sets about creating a peace policy for industry. Set against the backdrop of economic downturn and struggle in the interwar years, in the years preceding the great depression, this is work of social, historical and economic interest.

Reappraising J. A. Hobson (Routledge Revivals)
Reappraising J. A. Hobson (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Michael Freeden

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-09-10

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 1135191530

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J. A. Hobson was one of the most influential social, economic and political theorists of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Britain. In this volume, first published in 1990, eight scholars reassess the importance and relevance of his work today and affirm him as a major British thinker. These original studies place Hobson in context by explaining his intellectual antecedents: Cobden, Ruskin, nineteenth-century social and psychological theories and economic thought. The book provides an overview of the novelty and incisiveness of Hobson's contribution to British liberal theory and radical practice. Historians, economists, social and political theorists and students of international affairs will find this an important book for a fuller understanding of early twentieth-century British progressive thought.

Wealth and Life (Routledge Revivals)
Wealth and Life (Routledge Revivals)

Author: J. A. Hobson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-03-07

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 1136330526

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First published in 1930, this book endeavours to trace and express the relations between economic and human values, between wealth and life. Hobson studies everything from the role of production processes and consumption in the determination of human welfare; to the changing attitudes of economic science towards ethical considerations; as well as the tendency of organised society to exercise a control of economic processes in the interests of equity, humanity, and social order. Part I of the book deals with an attempt to provide an intelligible and consistent meaning for human value and welfare. Part II sketches the emergence of an economic science and its formal relations to ethics. Part III discusses the ethical significance of certain basic factors in the modern economic system, especially property and market processes. Part IV is addressed to the notion of industrial peace and progress in the light of modern humanism, with especial regard to the new problems emerging in a world becoming conscious of its widening unity.

The Industrial System (Routledge Revivals)
The Industrial System (Routledge Revivals)

Author: J. A. Hobson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1135961573

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First published in 1909 and reissued in 1910, J. A. Hobson’s The Industrial System provides a complex analysis of distribution and consumption. Offering a critique of contemporary capitalism whilst accepting the superiority of the free market, the book includes an exploration of areas such as cost and surplus, supply and demand and the labour movement. This is an important work by one of the most important economic thinkers of the twentieth century, which will be of particular interest to modern economic historians.

Problems of Poverty (Routledge Revivals)
Problems of Poverty (Routledge Revivals)

Author: J. A. Hobson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-17

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1135118051

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First published in 1891, this seminal work examines the primary causes of poverty during the industrial age. Through considering how poverty is measured, the growth of urbanisation and the supply of low-skilled labour in the workforce, Hobson arrives at possible solutions to the problem of poverty and explores the ethical issues surrounding it.

Peace Through Education (Routledge Revivals)
Peace Through Education (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Derek Heater

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-06-26

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 1136176586

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First published in 1984, Peace Through Education records the history of the first 45 years of the Council for Education in World Citizenship (CEWC). It describes the rise in interest of increased international understanding in the years preceding the book’s publication and highlights the influential role of the CEWC in encouraging educators to make the rising generations aware of threats to world peace. Created in 1939, at a time of tense international crisis, the organization’s record is both an important and fascinating story. The book provides an overview of the history and work of the organization and assesses how far the Council has achieved its objectives, and how successful it has been in satisfying needs and wielding influence.

The Economic Basis of a Durable Peace (Routledge Revivals)
The Economic Basis of a Durable Peace (Routledge Revivals)

Author: James E. Meade

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-11

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1136259155

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First published in 1940, this book suggested the basic principles upon which a new international economic order should be built at the end of the Second World War. Particular attention is paid to the possibility of constructing such an international order on the basis of divergent national economic systems – whether liberal or planned, capitalist or socialist. In undertaking this task the author combines theoretical analysis with a description of the immediate pre-war economic situation and writes in a language which is equally accessible to the economist and the layman.

The Evolution of Modern Capitalism (Routledge Revivals)
The Evolution of Modern Capitalism (Routledge Revivals)

Author: J. A. Hobson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-08

Total Pages: 437

ISBN-13: 1135909563

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Hobson’s The Evolution of Modern Capitalism was first published in 1894, although this reissue is of the fourth edition, published in 1926. The work traces the developments in trade and industry which characterised the first decades of the twentieth century. In the first part, Hobson deals with the origins and structure of modern capitalism, including the development of the machine industry, the changing structure of trades and markets, and the effects of these on workers and consumers. The final supplementary chapter considers the impact of World War I on this changing economy, and the ‘disturbance, recovery and readjustments’ which the war necessitated. This is a classic work of importance to economic historians and those with a particular interest in the history of capitalism.

The German Bourgeoisie (Routledge Revivals)
The German Bourgeoisie (Routledge Revivals)

Author: David Blackbourn

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-17

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 1317696123

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First published in 1991, this collection of original studies by British, German and American historians examines the whole range of modern German bourgeoisie groups, including professional, mercantile, industrial and financial bourgeoisie, and the bourgeois family. Drawing on original research, the book focuses on the historical evidence as counterpoint to the well-known literary accounts of the German bourgeoisie. It also discusses bourgeois values as manifested in the cult of local roots and in the widespread practice of duelling. Edited by two of the most respected scholars in the field, this important reissue will be of value to any students of modern German and European history.