ByJESSE MACYProfessor Emeritus of Political ScienceANDJOHN W. GANNAWAYProfessor of Political Science in Grinnell College
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The United States is made the basis for this study because it has been in fact the pioneer in securing world recognition for free government, and it is the originator of the Presidential type. The first part of "Comparative Free Government" is devoted to a somewhat detailed description of the organization and processes of government in the United States, together with a brief comparative study of selected South American republics. The second part is devoted chiefly to a study of the cabinet type. England is given first place as the originator of the system. The object of the book is to throw light upon the growth and perfection of free government in all states rather than to make a general comparison of governmental institutions. It is particularly adapted to use as a text in college courses.
By GEORGE B. MANGOLD, Ph.D.Director of the School of Social Economy of Washington University
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Although this book is designed especially for use as a text in college courses on philanthropy, it will also appeal to that growing class of men and women who in a systematic way are endeavoring to acquaint themselves with the various aspects of practical sociology. Much of the constructive philanthropy of to-day must deal directly with the child, the improvement of his conditions being the direct objective. Those problems which affect children in an indirect way, whether in the field of remedial or preventive philanthropy, are not treated. Under each separate problem are discussed the causes and conditions, the machinery of social betterment, and the plans and programme of improvement.
A Critical Account of the Origin and Development of the Economic Theories of the Leading Thinkers and the Leading Nations.
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ByFRANK W. BLACKMARProfessor of Sociology in the University of KansasANDJOHN L. GILLINAssociate Professor of Sociology in the University of Wisconsin
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In this volume not only the theoretical phases of sociology are treated with some degree of completeness, but the practical bearings of the science are also brought out in a series of chapters dealing with social pathology and methods of social investigation. This survey of the whole field, including both the theoretical and the so-called "practical," finds its justification in the unity it gives to sociology in the mind of the beginner. It prevents that vicious one-sidedness sometimes resulting from a study of one phase of a subject before a general survey has been made. With this purpose in mind the subject-matter has been grouped under the following headings: Part I. The Nature and Import of Sociology; Part II. Social Evolution; Part III. Socialization and Social Control; Part IV. Social Ideals; Part V. Social Pathology; Part VI. Methods of Social Investigation; Part VII. The History of Sociology. It has been the endeavor of the authors to bring together in this book the results of the most recent discussions in the various fields of sociology, to present the accepted conclusions of sociologists respecting the origin, nature, structure, functions and abnormal phenomena of society without controversy, and in a simple, direct way suited to the ordinary college undergraduate.
By EZRA THAYER TOWNE, Ph.D.Professor of Economics and Political Science, Carleton College
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"A carefully written record and analysis of the growth in modern society of the attempt to deal intelligently with social problems, such, for instance, as immigration, unemployment, divorce, liquor, conservation, and so on. Dr. Towne has carried out this task with excellent judgment and intelligence. A valuable book for any library."—Outlook.
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ByRichard T. Ely, Ph.D., LL.D., Professor of Political Economy at the University of Wisconsin;Thomas S. Adams, Ph.D., Professor of Political Economy at Yale University;Max O. Lorenz, Associate Statistician of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and Professor A. A.Youngof Cornell.
ByRichard T. Ely, Ph.D., LL.D., Professor of Political Economy at the University of Wisconsin;Thomas S. Adams, Ph.D., Professor of Political Economy at Yale University;Max O. Lorenz, Associate Statistician of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and Professor A. A.Youngof Cornell.
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"So far as the practical side of the subjects with which this volume deals is concerned, everything has been done by the authors to keep their work abreast of the times and the latest developments so that the readers and students may find there the important things of contemporary record as well as the highlights of economic history. The theoretical side of economics has not been neglected in this general revision and that chapter has been simplified and made more easily comprehensible to those first entering the study of this subject. This volume maintains the same high standard it held at the time it was first published. It is one of the best books on this subject."—
Philadelphia Press.
"Anyone who got his foundations in political economy out of the text-books of the last generation cannot fail to be struck with the enormous range of subjects covered in such a book as this, compared with what was then included; and there is always some danger that in the mind of the student this wealth of material, important as it is, may yet carry with it the drawback of more or less submerging the central truths. In Professor Ely's book, the distribution of emphasis, as well as of space, is such as to reduce this danger."—
The Nation.
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