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R. H. Tawney
Religion and the Rise of Capitalism - A Historical Study (1922)
Originally published in 1922. From The Holland Memorial Lectures.
From the PREFATORY NOTE
THE friends of the late Henry Scott Holland founded a lectureship in his memory, the Deed of Foundation laying it down that a course of lectures, to be called the Holland M...
Collin Brooks
The Economics of Human Happiness (1933)
From the Foreword
There is nothing original in this book. It is, in the best meaning of the term, a commonplace book. If it fails to say for half-a-guinea what a multitude of men are saying in pub and club, tavern and train, for nothing, it will be because I have an impediment in my spee...
John Ruskin, 1819-1900
The communism of John Ruskin; or, "Unto this last"; two lectures from "The crown of wild olive"; and selections from "Fors clavigera." (1907)
The essay "Unto This Last" profoundly influenced the ideas of Gandhi and labour movements.
http://samisdat.in/books/unto-this-last-1891
From The Introduction
Surely Ruskin n...
Jerome Davis
Capitalism and Its Culture (1935)
From the Foreword
We live in a capitalistic era and should uncover and appraise all ascertainable truth about the age in which we live. Surprisingly enough, there has been little or no detailed scientific research carried on concerning the general effects of capitalism and the part it plays in...
Alexander Del Mar, 1836-1926
A History of Monetary Crimes (1899)
1983 reprint.
Introduction
Tne insidious crime of secretly or surreptitiously altering the monetary laws of a State‐than which no more dastardly or fatal blow can be dealt at its liberties‐is not a new one. There is a suggestion in the decree of B. C. 360, concerning the anc...
