“An astonishing book ... a tour de force of rapid historical exposition. A masterly analysis of human progress. We hope Democracy will study this brace and brilliant book.”—English Review.
The History of Social
Development
By Dr.
F. MÜLLER-LYER
Translated by ELIZABETH COOTE LAKE & H. A. LAKE, B.Sc. (Econ.) With an Introduction by Professors L. T. HOBHOUSE & E. J. URWICK
Demy 8vo. 18s. net.
This translation of Dr. F. Müller-Lyer’s famous book, “Phasen der Kultur,” will appeal to all who are interested in labour problems at the present time. It contains a series of studies of the different economic phenomena of to-day, describing the gradual evolution of each from the earliest times, with an indication of the probable trend of future developments. The inter-connection of the different conditions so described is well illustrated, and each chapter ends with a brief summary of its subject matter. The accounts of the various stages of food production, of clothing, of housing and of the use of tools contain in a brief and readable form the results of the investigations of the past century, and Part III, “The History of the Evolution of Labour,” will be read with especial interest.
The Perils of Wealth and
Poverty
By CANON S. A. BARNETT,
M.A., D.C.L.
Edited by the Rev. V. A. BOYLE, M.A. With an Introduction by Mrs. S. A. BARNETT, C.B.E.
Cr. 8vo. 2s. 6d. net.