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Autore: | George Henry <1839-1897.> |
Titolo: | Our land and land policy [[electronic resource] ] : speeches, lectures, and miscellaneous writings / / by Henry George ; edited by Kenneth C. Wenzer |
Pubblicazione: | East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c1999 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
Disciplina: | 333.1/0973 |
Soggetto topico: | Public lands - United States |
Public lands - California | |
Land tenure - United States | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: | WenzerKenneth C. <1950-> |
Note generali: | Originally published: San Francisco : White & Bauer, 1871. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Prefatory Note; Preface to the 1999 Edition; Our Land and Land Policy ; The Lands of the United States ; The Lands of California ; Land and Labour; The Tendency of Our Present Land Policy; What Our Land Policy Should Be; The Study of Political Economy; The American Republic; The Crime of Poverty; Land and Taxation; "Thou Shalt Not Steal" ; To Workingmen; "Thy Kingdom Come"; Justice the Object-Taxation the Means; Causes of the Business Depression; Peace by Standing Army; Editor's Notes |
Sommario/riassunto: | Even before the publication of Progress and Poverty in 1879, San Francisco political economist and publisher Henry George (1839-1897) had written extensively about what he considered to be the causes for worldwide economic inequity-land monopolization and speculation by wealthy entrepreneurs and corrupt politicians. But his attacks on these evils were coupled with a plan for a possible brighter future, for a world in which disparities between people of different classes could be adjusted. By the time he died in 1897, his assessments of liberal 19th-century economic theory were critically accl |
Altri titoli varianti: | Our land & land policy |
Titolo autorizzato: | Our land and land policy |
ISBN: | 1-62895-203-2 |
0-87013-918-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910457384603321 |
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