Our land and land policy : speeches, lectures, and miscellaneous writings / / by Henry George ; edited by Kenneth C. Wenzer
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| Autore: |
George Henry <1839-1897.>
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| Titolo: |
Our land and land policy : speeches, lectures, and miscellaneous writings / / by Henry George ; edited by Kenneth C. Wenzer
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| Pubblicazione: | East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c1999 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 333.1/0973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Public lands - United States |
| Public lands - California | |
| Land tenure - United States | |
| Altri autori: |
WenzerKenneth C. <1950->
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| 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.: | 9910827214203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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