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  • Studies in Law and Politics

    by Harold Laski ...
    The essays that comprise Studies in Law and Politics are by and large academic. But Laski had a purpose in addition to the purely scholarly: he was eagerly pursuing possibilities for social and political change. Laski sought tirelessly for opportunities to act on those possibilities and, as is the case throughout his work, his academic and political purposes have no clear boundary between them ... Read more

    $97.55 CAD

  • Reflections on the Revolution of Our Time

    by Harold Laski ...
    Harold J. Laski saw World War Two as a period of revolutionary change as profound as any in the modern history of the human race. In his view, the period's inner nature was as significant in its essentials as those which saw the fall of the Roman Empire; the birth in the Reformation of capitalist society; or, as in 1789, the final chapter in the dramatic rise of the middle class to power. All of ... Read more

    Was $97.55 CAD Now $86.56 CAD

  • The State in Theory and Practice

    by Harold Laski ...
    This timeless classic by Harold J. Laski explains the nature of the modern state by examining its characteristics, as revealed by its history. The State in Theory and Practice is a work that grows in significance, rather than dwindles over time. This is because, as Sidney A. Pearson, Jr. points out, Laski helped develop and expound the foundational arguments of the political left.After the ... Read more

    Was $97.55 CAD Now $86.56 CAD

  • The State of Scholarly Publishing

    Challenges and Opportunities

    by Harold Laski, Albert N. Greco ...
    For decades, university presses and other scholarly and professional publishers in the United States played a pivotal role in the transmission of scholarly knowledge. Their books and journals became the "gold standard" in many academic fields for tenure, promotion, and merit pay. Their basic business model was successful, since this diverse collection of presses had a unique value proposition. ... Read more

    $67.32 CAD

  • Victory or Vested Interest?

    by G.D.H. Cole, Harold Laski, George Orwell, Mary Sutherland, Francis Williams ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: WW2
    This book, first published in 1942, covers the whole field of wartime life and organization. Is the private ownership and control of industry holding up production? Are the burdens of war being shared equally by the whole community? How can individual liberty be reconciled with maximum efficiency? Are women taking their rightful share in the national effort? Does our literature and art reflect the ... Read more

    $68.70 CAD

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    by T. S. Ashton, Louis Hacker, W. H. Hutt, Bertrand de Jouvenel ...
    Essays by economic historians making the case that early factory workers benefited from the Industrial Revolution, despite its hardships and disruptions.The views generally held about the rise of the factory system in Britain derive from highly distorted accounts of the social consequences of that system—so say the distinguished economic historians whose papers make up this book.The authors offer ... Read more

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  • Confessions of an Economic Heretic

    by J. A. Hobson ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1938 this Routledge Revival is a reissue of the autobiography of influential economist J. A. Hobson. A comprehensive work, it details many aspects of his life including his background, influences, ethical principles, philosophy and religion. In a life which spanned great social, political and economic change - not least that brought about in the aftermath of the first world war ... Read more

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  • Moral Man and Immoral Society

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    by Reinhold Niebuhr ...
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    How Search Engines Reinforce Racism

    by Safiya Umoja Noble ...
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  • The Great Transformation

    The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time

    by Karl Polanyi ...
    In this classic work of economic history and social theory, Karl Polanyi analyzes the economic and social changes brought about by the "great transformation" of the Industrial Revolution. His analysis explains not only the deficiencies of the self-regulating market, but the potentially dire social consequences of untempered market capitalism. New introductory material reveals the renewed ... Read more

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    On Freedom and Democracy in the 21st Century

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  • The Conservative Mind

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