“The book contains little or nothing that is original either in material or treatment. Moreover. it does not seem at all adapted to the use for which its author intends it.”
| − | Yale R. 15: 468. F. ’07. 120w. |
Rappaport, Philip. Looking forward: a treatise on the status of woman and the origin and growth of the family and the state. $1. Kerr.
6–23736.
“As the preface states, ‘this book is written from the standpoint of historic materialism.’ Its aim is to show how past forms of the family and of the state have been determined by economic conditions, especially by methods of production, and to demonstrate incidentally that Marxian socialism is the only means of social salvation and the natural goal of development. The author shows considerable acquaintance with the socialist school of social and economic writers, but beyond that his acquaintance with the scientific literature of the subjects upon which he writes is very limited.”—Am. J. Soc.
“Like all socialist writers, he makes large use of Buckle and Morgan, but he seems utterly unaware of the works of later investigators which long since have made Buckle and Morgan out of date.” Charles A. Ellwood.
| − | Am. J. Soc. 12: 563. Ja. ’07. 250w. |
“It is an extremely valuable book, because it is fundamental in character and rationalistic in method of treatment. There is, therefore, no appeal to emotionalism, sentimentality or prejudice that would tend to cloud the reason or obscure the unbiased judgment.”
| + + | Arena. 37: 443. Ap. ’07. 3280w. |