Tawney, R.H.

The Sickness of an Acquisitive Society.

First Edition. London, Fabian Society/Allen and Unwin, Ltd., 1920. 21cm x 13.7cm. 86 pages. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Spine-damaged printed red paper wrappers over boards. Else inside text-block very good with a few marginal pencil markings and dampstain to last page.

First edition thus of an early socialist rail against the evils of conspicuous Capitalism by this earnest philosopher.

Richard Henry Tawney (30 November 1880 – 16 January 1962) was an English economic historian, social critic, ethical socialist, Christian socialist, and important proponent of adult education. The Oxford Companion to British History (1997) explained that Tawney made a “significant impact” in these “interrelated roles”. A. L. Rowse goes further by insisting that “Tawney exercised the widest influence of any historian of his time, politically, socially and, above all, educationally”. (Wikipedia)

• Keywords: socialism · Sociology · Sociology – Rare
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 41230AB

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