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Berkeley. Expansion of economics course offerings announcement. Course offerings 1904-1905.

 

In May 1903 the College of Commerce at the University of California announced a complete reorganization of the economics department’s course offerings for the coming academic year. This was reported in the Berkeley Gazette newspaper which appears to be a slight rearrangment of the University of California’s official Register for 1903-04. The newspaper article is provided in this post followed by the faculty and course announcements for the 1904-05 academic year.

So in the yin and yang of economic theory and application, practical economics received a boost at Berkeley early in the twentieth century with the introduction of  “…a large number of new courses in economics of the most direct practical application to the needs of modern industrial life.”

 

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Enlarges Economic Courses.
University Offers New Opportunities for Students of Practical Business.
[Announced for 1903-1904]

In response to the needs of the rapidly increasing number of students enrolled in the College of Commerce of the University of California, the work of the Department of Economics has been completely reorganized. Announcement has been made of a large number of new courses in economics of the most direct practical application to the needs of modern industrial life. These courses will be of the greatest interest, however, not only to students who are fitting themselves for banking, insurance, commerce, manufacturing, and exploitation of mineral resources, but also to the theoretical student.

Professor Carl C. Plehn, Dean of the College of Commerce, will offer during the coming year a course in “American Agriculture,” in which he will discuss the development of agriculture in the United States and its present condition from an economical point of view; a new course in “Accounting and Corporation Finance,” setting forth the principles of accounting and credit as illustrated by the methods of large corporations and of the Government, the character of negotiable securities, and the methods exemplified in bank statements and railroad and other corporation and trusts accounts: and courses in “Public Finance,” “Taxation,” and in “Statistics.”

Assistant Professor Wesley C. Mitchell will offer a new course in “Banking,” intended primarily to give men who expect to engage in business such general knowledge of banking as will best prepare them for their professions; a new course in “Hondy” [sic,  very likely a typographical error with “Money” the actual course name, see below] — a study of the economic problems centering around the monetary system; and courses in “Elementary Economic Ideas;” “The Problem of Labor” — a study of the position of wage earners in the economic organization of today; and in “Economic Origins.”

Mr. Lincoln Hutchinson, Instructor in Commercial Geography, will offer a new course in “The Materials of Commerce,” dealing with the principal commodities which enter into commercial affairs, production, sources and markets; a new course on the “Industrial and Commercial Development of the United States,” involving a discussion of the leading commercial problems of the day; a new course entitled the “Economic Position of the Great Powers,” a new course on “The Consular Service,” involving a brief history of the consular service, followed by a technical study of the training and duties of consuls and the practice of the leading commercial nations in consular affairs; and courses in “The History of Commerce,” “Commercial Geography,” and “The Commercial Resources of the Spanish-American Countries.”

Dr. Simon Litman, who recently came to the University as Instructor in Commercial Practice, will offer new courses in “Tariff Policies,” in “Modern Colonial Economics,” a study of the principal commercial and industrial problems which arise in connection with colonial conditions, as illustrated by the experience of the leading colonizing nations, and in “Communication and Transportation,” a study of the Post, the Telegraph, the Telephone, Trade Journals, and facilities for transportation other than railroads; and he will repeat courses already given in “Industrial Processes” and “The Technique of Trade.”

The instruction offered by the Department of Economics will be rounded out by special economic courses offered by professors in other departments. Professor Elwood Mead of the chair of Irrigation will offer a course on “The Organization of the Irrigation Industry,” Professor John C. Moore courses on “The Methods China and Japan,” Professor Ernest C. Moore courses on “The Methods of Modern Charities and Corrections,” and Albert W. Whitney of the Department of Mathematics -a new course in “Insurance,” an account of the history, principles and problems of life, fire, and other forms of insurance, with special study of the mathematical principles involved in actuarial science, and with practice in the computation and use of tables; and Mr. N. M. Hall of the Botany Department a course in “Economic Botany,” dealing with the plant families which furnish important commercial products and agricultural crops.

The work in economics will be completed by the highly important courses offered by the head of the department, Professor Adolph C. Miller of the chair of Political Economy and Commerce. Professor Miller announces a new course in “Railway Transportation,” an examination of the chief financial and economical questions which arise in railway organization and management, embracing such topics as capitalization, speculation, accounting, rate-making, competition, pooling, and consolidation; a new course in “Socialism,” a review of modern socialistic thought with some consideration of its bearing on the proper conception of the problem of social organization; a course in “Modern Industrialism,” dealing with the workings of competition and the tendency toward industrial monopolies; “The Financial History of the United States,” and a course in “Advanced Economics.”

As the culmination of the work of the department, Professor Miller announces a Seminary in Economics. Arrangements will be made for the guidance of individual students or groups of students competent, to engage in economical research. The results will be presented to the Seminary for discussion as occasion may suggest.

Source: The Berkeley Gazette (May 1, 1903), p. 2.

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Economics Course Offerings
[1904-1905]

Adolph Caspar Miller, M.A., Flood Professor of Political Economy and Commerce.

Carl Copping Plehn, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Finance and Statistics, on the Flood Foundation, and Dean of the Faculty of the College of Commerce.

Henry Rand Hatfield, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Accounting, on the Flood Foundation,

Wesley Clair Mitchell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Commerce, on the Flood Foundation

Simon Litman, Dr.jur., Instructor in Commercial Practice.

Jessica Blanche Peixotto, Ph.D., Lecturer in Sociology.

Elwood Mead, M.S., C.E., D.Eng., Professor of the Institutions and Practice of Irrigation.

Thomas Walker Page, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mediæval History.

Ernest Carroll Moore, LL.B., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education.

Albert Wurts Whitney, A.B., Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Insurance Methods.

1. The courses prerequisite to a group (15 units) of Upper Division work in the departments of History, Political Science, Economics, or Jurisprudence are any three of the following five; History 51, 54, 64, Political Science 1 (A and B), and Economics 1. No part of the work in the group of advanced courses is to be undertaken until all the three prerequisite courses shall have been completed.

2. But students who plan to take less than twelve units of Upper Division work in the four departments above mentioned may proceed immediately with the advanced courses for which they have the particular prerequisites.

The above regulations apply to students graduating in or after May, 1907. Other students are requested to observe the rules set forth in the Register for 1903-04, page 143.

A. Lectures on Commerce. Members of the Staff.

1 hr., throughout the year, ½ unit each half-year. M, 4. Prescribed each year for all students in the College of Commerce.

1. Introduction to Economics. Professor Miller.

A study of the elementary laws of economics as illustrated in the growth of industry and commerce in England and the United States.
3 hrs., throughout the year. M W F, 9.

2. Principles of Economics. Professor Miller and Assistant Professor Mitchell.

A critical exposition of the leading principles of economics on the basis of a selected text.
3 hrs., either half-year. First half-year, M W F, 10; second half-year, M W F, 9. Prerequisite: Course 1.
N. B. — This course should be taken by all students who intend to take any considerable amount of Economics.

5. Economics of Industry. Associate Professor Plehn.

An elementary course planned to meet the needs of the students in the Engineering Colleges.
3 hrs., first half-year. MWF, 1.

N.B. — This course will not be accepted as fulfilling any prescribed work in the College of Commerce, nor in the Colleges of General Culture.

3. Introduction to Commercial Geography. Associate Professor Hatfield.

The elements of scientific geography; relation between geographical phenomena and economical development; brief survey of the resources of the leading countries of the world.
2 hrs., first half-year. Tu Th, 11. Prerequisite: Course 1.

4. The Materials of Commerce. [Not given in 1904-05.]

The principal commodities which enter into commercial dealings; causes promoting their production; effects of climate, soil, and other conditions; detailed study of their sources, and of the markets in which they are sold.
3 hrs., second half-year. Tu Th S, 10. Prerequisite: Course 3.

4A. Geography of International Trade. Associate Professor Hatfield.

Demand and supply in the world markets; exports and imports of the leading countries; sea-ports; commercial and industrial centers; routes and methods of transportation; postal and telegraphic communication, etc.
2 hrs., second-half year. Tu Th, 11. Prerequisite: Course 3.

5a. American Agriculture. Associate Professor Plehn.

Leading factors in the development of agriculture in the United States and a study of its present condition from an economical point of view. This course will be based largely upon the materials furnished by the government reports and the census returns.
3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 1. Prerequisite: Course 1, except that advanced students in the College of Agriculture may be admitted, with the consent of the instructor, without Course 1B, but a familiarity with the fundamental ideas and terminology of economics is essential.

6. History of Commerce. [Not given in 1904-05.]

Mediaeval commerce and the “Golden Age” of the Italian Republics; Turkish conquests and the “Age of Discovery”; new routes and the shifting of trade centers; the era of colonization and commercial rivalries; mercantilism and its results; nineteenth century commerce; its development and problems.
3 hrs., second half-year. Tu Th S, 10. Prerequisite: Course 3 and one course in English History.

7. Modern Industrialism. Professor Miller. [Not given in 1904-05.]

A descriptive and interpretative account of the rise of the modern industrial system, especially as affected by the Industrial Revolution. The workings of competition in the nineteenth century and the recent tendency toward the formation of industrial monopolies will receive particular attention.
3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 2. Prerequisite: Courses 1 and 2.

8. Theory and History of Banking. Assistant Professor Mitchell.

A study of banking from the standpoint of its relations to the economic development of society. To show what rôle banks have played in this development and the functions they perform at present, attention will be directed to the origin of banking in Europe and America; the gradual changes in banking methods; governmental policies toward banks; the relations between banking, monetary, and fiscal systems; the effect of banking operations upon price fluctuations; the control of banks over the direction of investment; the special banking requirements of different communities; etc.
3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 8. Prerequisite: Courses 1 and 2.

8A. Practical Banking. Associate Professor Hatfield.

The internal organization and administration of a modern bank, the nature of bank investments, the extension of credit, the valuation of an account, methods of keeping records.
3 hrs., first half-year. Tu Th S, 10. Prerequisite: Courses 1 and 2.

8B. Money. Assistant Professor Mitchell.

A study of the economic problems centering around the monetary system.
3 hrs., first half-year. M W F, 8. Prerequisite: Courses 1 and 2.

8C. International Exchanges. Assistant Professor Mitchell.

Foreign bills; a study of the various factors that affect their price; international trade in commodities; investments of capital in foreign countries; interest rates in important money-markets; shipments of gold; etc.
2 hrs., second half-year. Tu Th, 9. Prerequisite: Courses 1 and 2.

9. Public Finance-Taxation. Associate Professor Plehn.

The theory and methods of taxation, illustrated by the experience of various nations; the expenditure and administration of public funds; public debts. Especial attention will be paid to taxation in California.
3 hrs., first half-year. M W F, 2. Prerequisite: Course 1.

10. Statistics. Associate Professor Plehn.

The history, theory, and methods of statistics. The collection, analysis, and presentation of statistical data relating to eco nomics and kindred sciences. Practice in the use of mechanical, graphical, and other devices, and apparatus for tabulation, computation and analysis.
3 hrs., throughout the year, including one laboratory period. Tn Th, 11, and a laboratory period to be arranged.
Prerequisite: Course 1; Mathematics 20A must be taken in conjunction with this course. The special consent of the instructor is also necessary.

11. Insurance. Assistant Professor Whitney.

An account of the history, principles and problems of Insurance, particularly of Life-insurance and of Fire-insurance; a special study of the mathematical principles involved in actuarial science, with practice in the computation and use of tables.
3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 9. Prerequisite: Mathematics 20a.

(77) The Economic Factors in American History. Associate Professor Page.

This course is intended to present, in their proper historical perspective, the facts and tendencies in the growth of American commerce, industry, and finance, and to indicate their influence on the constitutional and social development of the nation.
3 hrs., first half-year. M W F, 3. Prerequisite: Course 1 and two courses in American History.
[This course may be recorded as Economics 77 or History 77.]

12. Industrial and Commercial Development of the United States. [Not given in 1904-05.]

A study of the economic growth of the United States during the nineteenth century. The object is to give the student an understanding of causes which have brought the country to its present position among the nations of the world, and a basis for discussion of the leading commercial problems of to-day.
3 hrs., first half-year. Tu Th S, 9. Prerequisite: At least Sophomore standing, Course 3, and one course in American History.

12A. History of Economic Science. Professor Miller.

A critical review of the leading systems of economic thought since the sixteenth century.
2 hrs., first half-year. Tu Th, 2. Prerequisite: Courses 1 and 2, and at least Junior standing.

13A. Problems of Labor. Assistant Professor Mitchell.

The position of wage-earners in the economic organization of to-day.
3 hrs., first half-year. M W F, 9. Prerequisite: Courses 1 and 2, and at least Junior standing.

14. Principles of Accounting. Associate Professor Hatfield.

The interpretation of accounts with regard to the need of the business manager rather than those of the accountant. The formation and meaning of the balance sheet. The profit and loss statement. The various accounts appearing in the balance sheet and errors frequently found therein.
3 hrs., throughout the year. Tu Th S, 9. Prerequisite: Courses 1 and 2.

14A. The Investment Market. Associate Professor Hatfield.

Investment securities, corporation stocks and bonds, municipal and government bonds, market quotations, operations on the stock exchange, foreign and domestic exchange, the construction and use of exchange, bond and interest tables.
3 hrs., second half-year. Tu Th S, 9. Prerequisite: Course 14.

15. Financial History of the United States. Professor Miller.

A detailed study of the legislation and experience of the United States touching currency, banking, debt, taxation, expenditure, etc. The work will be based, as far as possible, on first-hand examination of sources.
3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 10. Prerequisite: Courses 1 and 2, and at least Junior standing.

16A. Railway Transportation. Associate Professor Plehn.

An examination of the chief financial and economic questions which arise in railway organization and management, embracing such topics as capitalization, speculation, and accounting, rate making, competition, pooling, consolidation, etc.
3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 2. Prerequisite: Courses 1 and 2, and at least Junior standing.

18. Methods of Modern Charities and Corrections; Theoretical. Assistant Professor Moore.

Studies in the administration of poor relief, the treatment of delinquents and defectives. Readings and lectures.
2 hrs., first half-year. Tu Th, 2. Prerequisite: Course 1 and Philosophy 2. Class to be limited at the discretion of the instructor.

19. Methods of Modern Charities and Corrections; Investigation. Assistant Professor Moore.

Investigation and field work to be done in part in connection with the Associated Charities of San Francisco and Oakland.
2 hrs., second half-year. Tu Th, 2. Prerequisite: Course 18.

23. Modern Industrial Processes. Dr. Litman.

The development and present condition of leading modern industries with particular reference to such industries as now exist or may be established on the Pacific Coast; emphasis will be laid on the technical processes.
3 hrs., first half-year. MWF, 10. Prerequisite: Course 1.

24. Mechanism and Technique of Trade. Dr. Litman.

Devices used by governments and individuals to promote commerce; exposition of the work performed by Boards of Trade, Commercial Museums, Mercantile Agencies, of transactions on Produce and Stock Exchanges, of modern wholesale and retail trade organizations. The course will include the reading by the student of mercantile publications, such as consular reports, trade and financial journals, etc.
3 hrs., first half-year. M W F, 9. Prerequisite: Course 1.

24A. Business Forms and Practice. Dr. Litman.

Detailed study of methods and forms used in connection with the purchase, sale and forwarding of goods; calculations necessitated by the various systems of weights, measures and moneys in different countries; the significance of price quotations in different markets; the meaning and determination of standards and grades as to quality; the forms and functions of invoices, bills of lading, warehouse receipts, consular certificates, and other business documents relating to trade.
3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 9. Prerequisite: Course 1.

30. Economic Position of the Great Powers. [Not given in 1904-05.]

A comparative study of the commercial and industrial position of the leading nations, with particular reference to the countries of Europe.
2 hrs., first half-year. Tu Th, 11. Prerequisite: Course 3, at least Junior standing, and ability to use French and German statistical publications; consent of instructor must be obtained before enrollment.

31. The Consular Service. [Not given in 1904-05.]

A brief history of the consular service, followed by a technical study of the training and duties of consuls and the practice of the leading commercial nations in regard to appointments, etc.
2 hrs., second half-year. Tu Th, 11. Prerequisite: At least Junior standing; the consent of the instructor must be obtained before enrollment.

35. Customs Tariffs and Regulations. Dr. Litman.

Tariffs and existing reciprocity treaties and agreements of the leading commercial nations with special reference to the Tariff Law and Customs Regulations of the United States. A short tariff history and a general discussion of the aims and means of tariff policies will precede the practical part of the course, which latter will acquaint the student with the problems confronting the American importer and exporter in connection with duties, bounties, etc.
2 hrs., first-half-year. Tu Th, 2. Prerequisite: Course 1.

36. Modern Colonial Economics. Dr. Litman.

The principal commercial and industrial problems which arise in connection with colonial conditions, as illustrated by the experience of the leading colonizing nations. The object of this course is to acquaint the student with questions confronting a merchant and an investor in different colonies, and to show him how these have been and may be dealt with.
2 hrs., second half-year. Tu Th, 2. Prerequisite: Courses 1 and 2.

37. Communication and Transportation. Dr. Litman.

Means and methods of communication and transportation other than railroads, and their utilization in the service of commerce. An exhaustive study of internal, coast, and trans-oceanic shipping, of modern harbor facilities, of the post, the express, the telegraph, the telephone, etc.
3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 10. Prerequisite: Course 1.

38. Commercial Resources of the Spanish-American Countries. [Not given in 1904-05.]

Detailed study of the geography, natural resources, and possibilities of development of these countries, devoting a year to each. In 1903–04 the Argentine Republic was studied. Particular attention is given to commercial relations with the United States. 1 hr., throughout the year. Hour to be arranged. Open only to graduate students who satisfy the instructor of their preparation for the work.

40. Economic Origins. Assistant Professor Mitchell.

An investigation of the origin and early development of fundamental economic customs and institutions.
2 hrs., first half-year. Tu Th, 10. Prerequisite: Courses 1 and 2.

42. Contemporary Socialism. Dr. Peixotto.

A study of the program and methods of the contemporary socialistic parties; a critical investigation of the theories on which these programs are based.
3 hrs., first half-year. M W F, 3. Prerequisite: Courses 1 and 2, and at least Junior standing.

43. History of Socialism. Dr. Peixotto.

An examination of the antecedents of contemporary socialism.
3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 3. Prerequisite: Course 42.

45. Advanced Economics. Professor Miller.

This course is designed for students who wish to make a more thorough study of economic theory than can be undertaken in Courses 1 and 2. The aim is to work out a tenable system of economics on the basis of an examination of the theories of leading writers, past and present.
2 hrs., second half-year. Tu Th, 2. Prerequisite: Courses 1 and 2, and at least Senior standing.

20. History and Theory of Prices. Associate Professor Plehn.

The methods of scientific investigation applicable to a study of prices and the causes of their fluctuations.
The course runs throughout the year and credit will be given according to work done. For graduates only. A good training in economics and mathematics and a reading knowledge of French and German are prerequisite.

26. Seminary in Economics. Professor Miller.

Under this head are included arrangements for the guidance of the work of individual students, or groups of students, competent to engage in economic research. The results will be presented to the seminary for discussion as occasion may suggest. The course runs throughout the year, and credit will be given according to work done.

Oriental Languages 1A. Commerce of China and Japan. Professor Fryer.

A course of lectures on the historical and geographical features of the commerce of China and Japan, adapted for students in general, but particularly for those in the College of Commerce.
3 hrs., first half-year. M W F, 1.
[John Fryer, LL.D., Agassiz Professor of Oriental Languages and Literatures.]

Botany 14. Economic Botany. Mr. H. M. Hall.

Laboratory work on the morphology, relationships, properties, and geographical distribution of the plant families which furnish important commercial products and agricultural crops, accompanied by lectures on the uses, origin, cultivation, collection, and commerce of plant products.
6 hrs., first half-year; 3 units. M W F, 8–10.
[Harvey M Hall, M.S., Instructor in Botany, and Assistant Botanist to the Experiment Station]

Irrigation 1. Irrigation Institutions and Economics. Professor Mead and Mr. Stover.

Present conditions of irrigation in the United States; irrigation legislation; methods of establishing rights to water; interstate problems; conditions necessary to development of the agricultural resources of the arid west; comparisons of irrigation methods and laws of other lands with those of the United States; irrigation in humid sections of the United States; operation of irrigation works, individual, coöperative and corporate enterprises; national irrigation; water right contracts; duty of water. Lectures and recitations.
3 hrs., second half-year. Prescribed, Senior year, in the course in Irrigation Engineering, College of Civil Engineering, and in some courses in the College of Agriculture. Elective to students in Economics.
[Elwood Mead, M.S., C.E., Professor of the Institutions and Practice of Irrigation.
Arthur P. Stover, B.S., Instructor in Irrigation Engineering.]

Source: University of California. Register, 1904-1905, pp. 153-162, 171, 237-238, 264.

Image Source: University of California Buildings, Berkeley California, ca. 1907. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. Colorized by Economics in the Rear-View Mirror.

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Berkeley. References for contemporary theories of social reform. Peixotto, 1906

 

The topics and references for the course “Contemporary Theories of Social Reform” taught by Jessica B. Peixotto in the economics department of the University of California (Berkeley) in 1906 come from that early era when sociology and social policy were still established fields within economics departments. Peixotto was the second woman to have been awarded a Ph.D. at the University of California as well as to have become the first woman to attain the rank of full-professor there. Two short biographies have been included in this post.

The printed syllabus to her course runs 29 pages and the entire list of topics and references that make up the syllabus have been transcribed (OCR + copy/paste) for this post. I have corrected many typos I have found, but I’ll warn users that while I have tried to keep new typos from adding to the noise, I am sure that many typos remain, especially from the original typesetting. Caveat lector!

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Jessica Blanche Peixotto, Economics: Berkeley
1864-1941
Professor of Social Economics, Emeritus

Jessica Blanche Peixotto, born in New York, October 9, 1864, essentially belonged to California–to both the State and the University. She came to the state in her early childhood, and her connection with the University lasted from her enrollment in 1891 until her death, October 19, 1941, a full fifty years. Graduated in 1894, awarded the degree of Ph.D. in 1900 (the second woman to receive this distinction), made a member of the teaching staff in 1904, in 1918 given the full rank of professor (the first woman thus honored), in 1936 she received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.

Miss Peixotto’s career covered three fields. As a writer she published French Revolution and Modern French Socialism (1901), Getting and Spending at the Professional Standard of Living (1927), and numerous reports and articles in periodicals.

In the field of public service she was a member of the Berkeley Commission of Public Charities (1910-1913), and of the State Board of Charities and Corrections (1912-1924). On the latter board she served as chairman of the Committee on Children, and of the Committee on Research. During the first World War she served with the Council of National Defense as a member of a subcommittee of Women in Industry, and of the Committee on Child Welfare of the General Medical Board. In 1918 she received the more important appointment as Executive Chairman of the Committee on Child Welfare of the Women’s Committee of the Council, and later in the same year she was Chief of the Child Conservation Section.

But most to be remembered is her distinguished service in the University of California. The courses she offered included Contemporary Socialism, Control of Poverty, The Child and the State, the Household as an Economic Agent, and Crime as a Social Problem. In the later years of her teaching her interest shifted somewhat to problems of the consumer and general economic theory, culminating in a graduate seminar on the History of Economic Thought. Unstinting in the time and attention given to the advanced courses, she stimulated and inspired her students, proof of which is given in their contributions to the memorial volume, Essays in Social Economics, published in her honor in 1935 by the University of California Press.

In addition to formal instruction, Miss Peixotto served both the University and the community by organizing the first training in California for social work. This developed, in 1917, into a professional and graduate curriculum in the Department of Economics, later to become the Department of Social Welfare.

In 1923, under her chairmanship, the Heller Committee for Research in Social Economics was established at the University. This chairmanship she held until she was made Professor Emeritus in 1935.

The University as a whole, and more especially those in the Department of Economics, have been enriched by association with Dr. Peixotto. She was primarily an economist and insisted on laying a firm basis of economics for all her social work. But, as Professor Wesley Mitchell said in the memorial volume, her interests were so wideranging that her instruction has given intellectual stimulus not only to social workers and sociologists but also to psychologists, pediatricians, psychiatrists, economists, statisticians, and lawyers.

Fitly was she characterized in the citation when given the honorary degree of LL.D.: “Chosen counselor of the State in matters concerning the protection of children and the care of the unfortunate; social economist marshaling stubborn facts in the service of mankind; comrade among students, inspiring teacher, true lover of humanity.”

Source:  University of California. In Memoriam, 1941. pp. 24-25.

Image Source: University of California archive picture of Jessica Blanche Peixotto (UARC PIC 1300:004) from webpage “Women at CAL: When California Passed the Woman Suffrage Amendment, 1910-1914/Room 3“.

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JESSICA BLANCHE PEIXOTTO
1864 – 1941
by Judith R. Baskin

Jessica Blanche Peixotto, a member of a prominent Sephardic family distinguished for its long history of intellectual, philanthropic, and cultural contributions to the United States, broke gender boundaries throughout her career as a social economist and university professor. She was born in 1864 in New York City, the only daughter and oldest child of Raphael Peixotto, a prosperous Ohioan involved in trade with the South, and Myrtilla Jessica (Davis) Peixotto, originally of Virginia. In 1870, Raphael Peixotto moved his family and business to San Francisco. Jessica Peixotto’s four brothers were Edgar, a San Francisco attorney; Ernest Clifford, an artist and author; Eustace, director of public school athletics in San Francisco; and Sidney Salzado, a social worker.

After high school graduation in 1880, Peixotto acquiesced to family disapproval of her ambitions for higher education, continuing her studies at home through private instruction. In 1891, however, she enrolled at the University of California at Berkeley, receiving a bachelor’s degree in 1894, and continued on to graduate study in political science and economics. She received a Ph.D. in 1900, the second given to a woman at the University of California. Peixotto’s thesis The French Revolution and Modern French Socialism, published in 1901, was based on independent research undertaken at the Sorbonne in 1896–1897.

In 1904, Jessica Peixotto joined the faculty of the University of California at Berkeley as a lecturer in sociology. Her appointment was soon transferred to the economics department, where she taught until her retirement in 1935. In 1918, Peixotto was the first woman to earn the rank of full professor at Berkeley. Her service as head of her department was also a first for a woman there. National honors include her election as vice president of the American Economic Association in 1928. Following her retirement, Peixotto received honorary doctorates in law from Mills College in 1935 and from the University of California in 1936.

Peixotto’s published works include Getting and Spending at the Professional Standard of Living: A Study of the Costs of Living an Academic Life (1927), and Cost of Living Studies. II. How Workers Spend a Living Wage: A Study of the Incomes and Expenditures of Eighty-Two Typographers’ Families in San Francisco (1929). A collection of papers and comments Essays in Social Economics in Honor of Jessica Blanche Peixotto (1935) provides full details of her life and published writings.

Throughout her career, Peixotto was deeply committed to social causes, serving for twelve years on the California State Board of Charities and Correction. During World War I, she worked in Washington, first as executive chairperson of the child welfare department of the Women’s Committee of the Council of National Defense, and then as chief of the council’s child conservation section. She was also a member of the Consumers’ Advisory Board of the National Recovery Administration in 1933. At the University of California, Peixotto founded a program within the economics department that ultimately led to a professional school of social work.

Jessica Peixotto died in October 1941. While proud of her Jewish background, she was not involved in the Jewish community or any Jewish causes. Her funeral service, followed by cremation, was conducted by a representative of the Unitarian Society, together with the vice president and provost of the University of California.

Source:  Jessica Blanche Peixotto webpage at the Encyclopedia of Jewish Women.

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

TOPICS AND REFERENCES FOR
ECONOMICS 42
CONTEMPORARY THEORIES OF SOCIAL REFORM

BERKELEY: THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
1906

 

PLAN OF THE COURSE:

    1. — The Subject in General.
    2. — Contemporary Political Socialism.
    3. — Critical Discussion of the Doctrines of Marxism.
    4. — Communism and Anarchism.
    5. — Social Reform Movements with Less Extensive Programs.
    6. — Utopianism.

PART I.— THE SUBJECT IN GENERAL.

  1. Nature and Scope of the Subject.
  2. Definition.
  3. Classification,—its Difficulties, its Necessity.

General Bibliography:

Bibliographies:

Stammhammer: Bibliographie des Socialismus u. Communismus. Jena, Fischer, Bd. I, 1898; Bd. II, 1900.

Documente des Sozialismus, edited by Ed. Bernstein. Berlin, 1901 and succeeding years.

Encyclopedias:

Bliss: Encyclopedia of Social Reform. Funk & Wagnalls Co., 1897.

Stegman and Hugo: Handbuch des Socialismus. Zürich, Verlags-Magazin, 1897.

General Studies:

Biederman, Karl: Vorlesungen über Sozialismus und Sozialpolitik. Breslau, Schottlander, 1900.

Bourguin, Maurice: Les systèmes socialistes et l’évolution économique. Paris, Colin, 1904.

Brooks, John Graham: The Social Unrest. Macmillan, N. Y., 1903.

Diehl, Karl: Über Sozialismus, Kommunismus u. Anarchismus. Jena, Fischer, 1906.

Ely, Richard T.: The Labor Movement in America. N. Y., Crowell & Co., 1886.

Ely, Richard T.: French and German Socialism in Modern Times. N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1883.

Socialism and Social Reform. N. Y., T. Y. Crowell & Co., 1894.

Graham, W.: Socialism, New and Old. London, Kegan Paul, 1891.

Herkner, Heinrich: Die Arbeiterfrage. Berlin, J. Guttentag, 1902.

Kirkup, T.: History of Socialism. London, Black, 1900.

Laveleye, Emile de: Le Socialisme Contemporain. Alcan, Paris, 1886. (Eng. trans.: The Socialism of To-day, by G. H. Orpen, London, Field & Tuer, 1885.)

Leroy-Beaulieu, Paul: Le Collectivisme, examen critique du nouveau socialisme. Paris, Guillaumin, 1885.

Essais sur la Répartition des Richesses et sur la Tendance à une moindre Inégalité des Conditions. Paris, Guillaumin, 1888.

La Question Ouvrier aux XIX Siècle. Paris, Charpentier, 1882.

Menger, Anton: Das Recht auf den vollen Arbeitsertrag. Stuttgart, Cotta, 1886. (Eng. trans.: The Right to the Whole Product of Labor, Macmillan, 1899.)

Pareto, V.: Les Systèmes Socialistes. Giard et Brière, Paris, 1902. 2 vols.

Pesch, Heinrich: Liberalismus, Socialismus, und christliche Gesellschaftsordnung. Freiburg i. Br., Herd’sche Verlagshandlung, 3 Bde., 1893-1900. (See particularly 3rd vol.)

Rae, John: Contemporary Socialism. London, Swan Sonnenschein, 1898.

Schäffle, Dr. A. E. F.: Die Quintessenz des Socialismus. Gotha., Perthes, 1891. (Eng. trans.: Quintessence of Socialism.)

The Impossibility of a Social Democracy, being a supplement to the “Quintessence of Socialism,” with a preface by Bernard Bosanquet. London, S. Sonnenschein, 1892.

Sombart, Werner: Sozialismus und soziale Bewegung. Fünfte Auflage, 1905. (Eng. trans, of 1st edition: Socialism and the Social Movement in the Nineteenth Century. N. Y., Putnam, 1898.)

 

PART II.— CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL SOCIALISM.

1. Marxism.

(a) The Theory.

1a. Its statement by the founders.

Engels, Friedrich: Herrn Eugen Dührings Umwälzung der Wissenschaft. Stuttgart, Dietz, 1894.

Marx, Karl: Das Kapital. Hamburg, Meissner, 1882-98. Ill Bde. (Eng. trans.: Capital, London, Swan Sonnenschein, 1888. Students pressed for time may, without great disadvantage, consult Aveling, Edw.: “The Student’s Marx, an Introduction to the Study of Karl Marx’s ‘Capital.’” London, Swan Sonnenschein, 1892.)

Marx, Karl, and Engels, Fr.: Manifesto of the Communist Party, 1848. (This remains the “Bible” of socialism, and should be carefully read by every student.)

Lassalle, Ferdinand: Reden und Schriften. 3 Bde., herausgegeben von Ed. Bernstein, Berlin, Verlag Vorwärts, 1891. (Eng. trans.: of the “Arbeiterprogramm” by Peters, “Working-man’s Programme and Addresses.” N. Y., International Publishing Co., 1898.)

Aus dem literarischen Nachlass von Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels und Ferdinand Lassalle. Herausgegeben von Franz Mehring, Stuttgart, Dietz, 1901-4. 4 Bde. (A collection of the greatest interest to students of the writings of these three founders of the Marxian movement.)

2a. Modern presentations of the theory.

Bernstein, Ed.: Die Voraussetzungen des Sozialismus und die Aufgaben der Sozialdemokratie. Stuttgart, Dietz, 1899.

Blatchford, Robert: Merrie England. Chicago, Chas. Kerr, & Co.

Deville, Gabriel: Principes Socialistes. Paris, Giard et Brière, 1896.

Ensor, R. C. K.: Modern Socialism. Harper & Bros., N. Y., 1904.

Fabian Essays in Socialism. London, Fabian Society, 1890.

Fabian Tracts (1-126), 1884-1906. Notably Nos. 5, 13, 15, 51, 69, 72.

Ghent, J. Wm.: Mass and Class. N. Y., London, Macmillan, 1904.

Guesde, Jules: Quatre ans de Lutte de classe à la Chambre.

Guesde, J., et Lafargue. P.: Le Program du Parti Ouvrier, son Histoire, ses Considérations, ses Articles. Lille, Imprimerie du Parti Ouvrier, 1894.

Hyndman, H. M.: The Economics of Socialism. London, Twentieth Century Press, 1896.

Kautsky, Karl: Das Erfurter Programm in seinen grundsätzlichen Theilen erlaütert. Stuttgart, Dietz, 1892.

Die Soziale Revolution. Berlin, Verlag “Vorwärts,” 1903. (Eng. trans.: The Social Revolution. Chas. H. Kerr & Co., Chicago.)

Kautsky, K., und Schönlank, Bruno: Grundsätze und Forderungen der Sozialdemokratie. Berlin, Verlag “Vorwärts,” 1892.

Labriola, A.: Socialisme et Philosophie. Paris, Giard et Brière, 1899.

Liebknecht, Wm.: Was die Socialdemokraten sind und was Sie wollen. Chemnitz, Albin Langer, 1894. (Eng. trans.: Socialism, What It Is and What It Seeks to Accomplish. Chas. H. Kerr & Co., Chicago.)

Menger, Anton: Neue Staatslehre. Jena, Fischer, 1903.

Neue Sittenlehre. Jena, Fischer, 1905.

Mills, W. T.: The Struggle for Existence. Chicago, International School of Social Economy, 1904.

Morris, Wm., and Bax, E. B.: Socialism, Its Growth and Outcome. London, Swan Sonnenschein, 1897.

Spargo, John: Socialism. N. Y., Macmillan, 1906.

Yandervelde, Emile: Le Collectivisme. Bruxelles, Au Journal du Peuple, 1896.

Le Collectivisme et la Révolution Industrielle. Paris, Librairie Georges Bellais, 1900. (Eng. trans.: Collectivism and Industrial Revolution. Chicago, Chas. H. Kerr & Co., Standard Socialist Series No. 2.)

(b) The makers and propagators of the theory.

On Karl Marx:

Böhm-Bawerk, Eugen V.: Zum Abschluss des Marxischen Systems. Berlin, 1896. (Eng. trans.: Karl Marx and the close of his system. London, Fisher Unwin, 1898.)

Engels, Fr.: Karl Marx. (Handwörterbuch d. Staatswiss, IV, 1892.)

Liebknecht, Wm.: Karl Marx zum Gedächtnis. Nürnberg, 1896. (Eng. trans.: Karl Marx. Standard Socialist Series No, 1, Chicago, Chas. H. Kerr & Co.)

Liebknecht über Marx. (Neue Zeit, Jhrg. 15, 1896-97.)

Lafargue, P.: Karl Marx, Persönliche Erinnerungen. (Neue Zeit, Jhrg. 9, 1890-91.)

Mehring, Franz: Aus dem literarischen Nachlass, etc. Bd. I, pp. 1-57.

Nieuwenhuis, Domela: Karl Marx in Memoriam. Amsterdam.

Chapters in Kirkup, Rae, Russell, Sombart, etc

On Engels:

Kautsky, K.: Friedrich Engels und das Milizsystem. (Neue Zeit, Jhrg. 17, 1898-99.)

Friedrich Engels. (Züricher Socialdemokrat, Nos. 45-50, 1887.) (Eng. trans.: Fr. Engels, his Life, Work, and Writings. Chas. H. Kerr & Co., Chicago.)

Sombart, W.: Friedrich Engels, 1820-95, Ein Blatt zur Entwickelungsgeschichte des Socialismus. Berlin, 1895.

On Ferdinand Lassalle:

Becker, B.: Die Arbeiteragitations Lassalle, 1875.

Bernstein, Ed.: Ferdinand Lassalle und seine Bedeutung in der Geschichte der Sozialdemokratie in “Reden und Schriften,” Bd. I, pp. 5-189. (Eng. trans.: Ferdinand Lassalle as a social reformer. London, Swan Sonnenschein, 1893.)

Dawson, W. H.: German Socialism and Ferdinand Lassalle. London, Swan Sonnenschein, 1888.

Meredith, George: The Tragic Comedians.

Chapters in Kirkup, Rae, Russell, Sombart, etc.

(c) German Social Democracy (Socialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands).

1c. History of its development as a political party.

Bouffé, Gaston: Le Parti socialiste allemande, son évolution. Paris, A. Chevalier Marescq, 1903.

Bourdeau, J.: Le socialisme allemand et le nihilisme russe. Paris, Alcan, 1892.

Mehring, F.: Zur Geschichte der deutschen Sozialdemokratie. Stuttgart, Dietz, 1897-98. (Geschichte des Socialismus in Einzeldarstellung. Bd. 3.)

Milhaud, E.: La démocratie socialiste allemande. Paris, Alcan, 1903.

Russell, Bertrand: German Social Democracy. London, Longmans, 1896, pp. 69-116.

Stegman und Hugo: Articles — International Arbeiterassociation, Sozialistischen Arbeiterpartei, Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands.

Sombart: Sozialismus, etc. Pp. 201-208.

2c. Party organization. — Program. —Party tactics. —Methods of propaganda.

Bernstein, Ed.: Die heutige Sozialdemokratie in Theorie u. Praxis. Munich, Beck & Co., 1906.

Mehring, F.: op. cit.

Milhaud, E.: op. cit., pp. 51-181.

Russell, B.: op. cit., pp. 116-143.

Stegman u. Hugo: Articles — Taktik, Program.

To follow the movement at first hand, consult:

Protokoll über die Verhandlungen des Parteitags der Socialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands from Halle (1890) to Jena (1905). Of these, that of Erfurt (1891), Dresden (1903), and Jena (1905) are of special interest.

Vorwärts. Berlin. Central official organ (daily).

Neue Zeit. Stuttgart, Dietz. Official magazine ed. by K. Kautsky (weekly).

Socialistische Monatshefte. Berlin. Publication representing the less radical group (monthly).

In Freien Stunden and Die Neue Welt. Literary publications which make a dignified attempt to spread artistic and intellectual ideals among the working classes.

Wahre Jacob. Stuttgart. Comic paper with no mean influence.

Die Gleichheit. (Interests of women workers), ed. by Clara Zetkin.

3c. The party in action today.

Revisionism. — Internationalism. — The agrarian question. — Relation to coöperation. — To trade-unionism. — Anti-semitism. — Syndicalism.

Bebel, A.: Unsere Ziele. Berlin, Buchhandlung “Vorwärts,” 1903.

Göhre, Paul: Die Agrarische Gefahr. Berlin, Verlag “Vorwärts,” 1902.

Kautsky, K.: Der Parlementarismus, die Volksgesetzgebung u. die Sozialdemokratie. Stuttgart, Dietz, 1893.

Mehring, F.: op, cit.,

Milhaud, E.: op. cit., pp. 181-517.

Russell, B.: op. cit., pp. 143-171.

4c. Austrian movement.

Stegman u. Hugo: Article, Oesterreich.

Deutsch, J.: Zur Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung in Ungarn. (Die Zeit, Nr. 162. Wein, Nov. 6, 1897.)

Gumplowicz, Ladisl: Mouvement social. Autriche (Rev. internat. de sociologie, II, 1894).

Kcral, August: Zur Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung Oesterreichs, 1867-94. Berlin, 1894.

Navay, L.: Die Arbeiterfrage in Alfeld mit besonderen Rucksicht auf die Arbeiterverhältnisse im Comitate Cznad. (Zeitschrift f. Volkwirtschaft, Soz. Pol. u. Verwalt, VI, 1897.)

Schatzl, J.: Die Corruption in der oesterreichischen Socialdemokratie. Wien (Leipzig, Liter. Anst., A. Schulze), 1896.

Schlesinger-Eckstein, T.: Die erste Konferenz deutscher Sozialdemokratinnen in Oesterreich (Neue Zeit, Jhrg. 16, 1897-98).

(d) Marxism in Latin Countries.

1d. France.

History of the growth of the Marxian movement in France. — Factions. — Programs. — Municipal Socialism in France. — Social influence. — Agrarian question.

Coubertin, Pierre de: France under the Third Republic, translated by I. F. Hapgood. New York, 1897, Ch. XIV.

Gaillard, Louis: La royaume socialiste, choses vues. Paris, Darajan, 1902.

Histoire socialiste (1789-1900) sous la direction de Jean Jaurès. Paris, Rouff, 1901.

Jaurès, Jean: Action Socialiste. Paris, Bellais (undated).

Lafargue, Paul: Die socialistiche Bewegung in Frankreich, 1876-90. (Neue Zeit, 1890.)

Socialism in France, 1876-96 (Fortnightly Rev., 1897, Sept.).

Laviron, P. E.: Le socialisme français et le collectivisme allemand. Paris, Allemane, 1895.

Lecky, W. H.: Democracy and Liberty. New York, 1896. Vol. II, pp. 224-369.

Louis, P.: Les Etapes du socialisme. Paris, Charpentier, 1903, pp. 235 et sq.

Métin, A.: La formation de la démocratie socialiste française.

Millerand, A.: Le socialisme réformiste français. Paris, Bellais, 1903.

Peixotto, J. B.: French Revolution and Modern French Socialism. New York, Crowell & Co., 1901. Ch. VI.

Sombart, W.: Sozialismus, etc. 5th ed., 1906. Pp. 208-214.

For movement at first hand, read:

Reports of the Congrès Generales des Organizations Socialistes. Paris, 1900, and succeeding years.

La Petite République. (Moderate group.) Paris (daily).

L ‘Humanité. Jaurès, editor. Paris. (Daily.)

La Revue Socialiste. Organ of Integral Socialists. (Monthly.)

Le Mouvement Socialiste. Organ of the radical group. (Fortnightly).

2d. Italy.

Marxism as it has become a political party in Italy. — The present political situation. — Special traits.

Gnocchi-Viani, O.: Dal mazzmianismo al socialismo. Colle, 1893.

Groppali, Alessandro: Le mouvement social en Italie (extrait de la Rev. Internat. de sociologie). Paris, Giard et Brière, 1897.

Loria, A.: II movemento operaio.

Nerbini: Cinquante Anni di socialismo nella Italia. Firenze, 1888.

Nitti, F. S.: Le mouvement économique et social en Italie en 1891. (Rev. sociale et politique, année 2, 1892.)

Sombart, W.: Sozialismus, etc. 5th ed. Pp. 235-239.

Der gegenwartige Stand der italienischen Arbeiterbewegung (Socialpol. Zentralbl. I, 1892).

Studien zur Entwickelungsgeschichte des italienischen Proletariats. (Arch. f. soc. Gesetzg. Bd. 6, 1893; Bd. 8, 1895.)

For first hand insight:

Bolletino della Direzione del Partito Socialista Italiano. Rome. (Monthly.)

Reports of meetings of congresses at Rome (1900), Imola (1902), Bologna (1904).

Avanti. Official organ of the radical socialists, editor, Enrico Ferri. Rome. (Daily.)

Nuova Antologia. Rome. (Monthly.)

L’Asino. Rome. (Comic weekly.)

Il Seme. Publication of the moderate group. Rome. (Fortnightly.)

3d. Spain.

General aspects of the movement in Spain.

Die sociale Bewegung in Spanien. (Jahrb. f. Socialwissenschaft, 1. u. 2, Zurich, 1879 and ’80).

Iglesias, Pablo: Die sozialistiche Arbeiterpartei in Spanien. (Neue Zeit, Jhrg. 10, 1891-92.)

Maze-Sencien, G.: Le socialisme en Espagne. (Extrait de la Rev. pol. et parl., 1898, aout et sept.). Paris, Davy, 1898.

Posada, A.: L’évolution sociale en Espagne, 1894 et 1895. Paris, Giard et Brière, 1896.

Le mouvement social en Espagne, 1896. (Extrait de la Revue internat. de sociologie.) Paris, Giard et Brière, 1897.

Le parti socialiste ouvrier Espagnol au congrès international de Paris de 1900. Madrid, Teodoro, 1901.

Stegman u. Hugo: Art. Spanien.

(e) Marxism in other Continental Countries.

1e. Belgium.

History and distinctive character of Belgian socialist movement.

Bertrand, Louis: Histoire de la Coöpération en Belgiqae. Bruxelles, 2 v.

Destrée, J., and Vandervelde, E.: Le Socialisme en Belgique. Paris, Giard et Brière, 1903.

Deutscher, Paul: The Socialist Movement in Belgium. The Workingmen’s Party (Free Review, 1896, March).

Sombart, W.: Sozialismus. 5th ed. Pp. 229-233.

Consult further:

Reports of Congrès du Parti ouvrier for 1885, and succeeding years.

Le Peuple. (Party organ.) Brussels. (Daily.)

2e. Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Baug, Gus.: Ein Blick auf die Geschichte der dänischen Sozialdemokratie. (Neue Zeit, Jhrg. 16, 1897-98.)

Jensen, Ad.: Le Socialisme en Danemark. Rev. d’économpolitique, X, 1896, June.

Knussden, Olsen S. and Olsen M.: Bericht der Sozialdemokratie in Dänemark. Bruxelles, P. Weissenbruch, 1891.

Lindeberg, F.: Die Arbeiterbewegung Dänemarks. (Schweiz. Blätter f. Wirtsch. u. Soz. Pol., Jhrg. 6, 1898.)

Martinet, C: Le socialisme en Danemark. Paris, Société d’éditions scientifique, 1893.

Sombart, W.: Sozialismus, etc. 5th ed., 1906. Pp. 233 et sq.

Stegman u. Hugo: Arts. Dänemark, Norwegen, Schweden.

3e. Switzerland.

Berghoff-Ising, Dr. Frz.: Die socialistische Arbeiterbewegung in der Schweiz. Leipzig, Duncker, Humboldt, 1895.

Die neuere socialistische Bewegung in der Schweiz. (Schmoller’s Jahrb. f. Gesetzg., Jhrg. 17, 1893.)

Le socialisme en Suisse. (Extrait de la Revue d’Econ. pol. X, 1896.) Paris, Larose, 1896.

Chez nous en Suisse ou les libertés helvétiques mises à nus. Génève, 1899.

Lang, Otto: Der Socialismus in der Schweiz. Berlin, Verlag der Socialistischen Monatshefte, 1902.

Müller, H.: Die schweizerische Socialdemokratie. (Schweiz. Blätter f. Wirtschaft u. Soz.-Pol., Jhrg. 6, 1898.)

4e. Russia.

Plechanoff, G.: Die Sozialpolitischen Zustande Russland im Jahre 1890. (Neue Zeit, Jhrg. 9, 1890-91.)

Stegman u. Hugo: Art. Russland.

Winiarsky, L.: Der Sozialismus in Russischen-Polen. Neue Zeit, Jhrg. 10, 1891-92.)

(f) Marxism Under Anglo-Saxon Influence.

1f. Marxist movement in England.

The development of the present movement in England.— The Social Democrats. — Fabianism. — Independent Labor Party. — Socialism in the Colonies.

Bernstein, Ed.: Politische Partei u. wirtschaftliche Interessen in England. (Neue Zeit, Jhrg. 15, 1896-97.)

Herron, G. D.: Impressions of the English Labor Movement. (Commons, 1898, Jan.)

Laveleye, E. de: Socialism of Today. 1885. Appendix.

Marx-Aveling, Eleanor: Die Arbeiterclassen-Bewegung in England. Nürnberg, Wörlein u. Co., 1895.

Métin, A.: Le socialisme en Angleterre. Paris, Alcan, 1897.

Un socialisme sans doctrine (on Australia and New Zealand). Paris, Alcan, 1901.

Shaw, B.: Fabian Socialism, What It Is and What It Has Done. Fabian Tract No. 41.

Verhaegan, P.: Socialistes anglais. Paris, Larose, 1898.

Webb, Sidney: Socialism in England. American Economic Association, 1889, April.

Woods, R. A.: English Social Movements. London, Swan Sonnenschein, 1895, pp. 38-78.

For the movement at first hand:

Clarion. Ed. by Robert Blatchford. London. (Weekly.)

Justice. Organ of Social Democratic Federation. London. (Weekly.)

Labor Leader. Official organ of I. L. P. (Monthly.)

Fabian News. Organ of Fabian Society. London. (Monthly.)

Reformer’s Year-Book.

2f. American Marxism.

The history of political socialism in the United States. — Distinctive traits. — Tendencies.

Ely, Richard T.: Labor Movement in America. N. Y., Crowell & Co., 1886.

Engels, Fr.: The Working-Class Movement in America. London, 1888.

Hilquit, Morris: History of Socialism in the United States. N. Y., Funk & Wagnalls Co., 1902.

Kerby, W. J.: Le Socialisme aux Etats-Unis. Bruxelles, (Goemaere, 1897.

Mills, W. T.: The Struggle for Existence. Ch. XLV.

Martiis: Il Socialismo negli Stati Uniti. 1891.

Walterhausen: Der moderne Socialismus in den Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika. 1890.

Sombart, W.: The historical development of the American proletariat. (Inter. Soc. Rev., Nov., 1905.)

For the movement at first hand:

Socialist Party Proceedings at National Convention, Chicago, 1904. Issued by National Committee, 269 Dearborn street, Chicago.

Party programmes (to be found annually in most American Almanacs).

Party magazines and newspapers, of which the best are, perhaps:

The Worker. New York. (Daily.)

Appeal to Reason (somewhat “yellow” journal). J. A. Wayland, editor. Girard, Kansas. (Daily.)

International Socialist Review. Chicago, Chas. H. Kerr & Co. (Monthly.)

Wilshire’s Magazine. New York, Wilshire Publishing Co. (Monthly.)

 

2. Non-Marxist Political Socialist Movements.

(a) Christian Socialism.

1a. Catholic Socialism.

Its founders. — Its special aims and its influence in the leading countries of the world.

Hitz, F.: Die Quintessenz der sociale Frage. Paderbom, Bonifacius, Dr., 1877.

Leroy-Beaulieu, Anatole: La papauté, le socialisme et la démocratie. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1892. (Eng. trans.: Papacy, Socialism, and Democracy.)

Nitti, F. S.: Il socialismo cattolico. Torino, 1891. (Eng. trans.: Catholic Socialism. London, Swan Sonnenschein, 1895.)

Soderni, E.: Socialism and Catholicism. Longmans, 1896.

Stegman u. Hugo: Art. Christlicher Socialismus.

Valez, A.: Le socialisme catholique en France. Montauban, Granié, 1892.

Etudes sociales catholiques. Paris, A. Schulz et Friburg, 1892.

Best known periodicals:

Christlich-Sociale Blätter.

Revue du christianisme pratique.

La Réforme sociale (school of Le Play).

2a. “Christian” or Evangelical Socialism.

Its distinctive characteristics and political status in the several leading nations of the world.

Behrends, A. J. F.: Socialism and Christianity. N. T., Baker & Taylor, 1886.

Carter, J.: Christian Socialism in England. London, 1891.

Göhre, Paul: Die Evangelische-soziale Bewegung. Leipzig, 1896. (Eng. trans.: Evangelical-Social Movement in Germany, Its History and Aims. London, Ideal Public Union, 1898.)

Headlam, Rev. S. D.: Christian Socialism. Fabian Tract No. 42.

Kaufman, M.: Christian Socialism. London, Kegan Paul, 1888.

Naumann, P.: National-Socialen Katechismus. Berlin, Buchverlag der “Zeit,” 1897.

New Christian Socialism. (Quarterly Rev., 1894, July.)

Stöcker, Adf.: Selbsthülfe! Staatshülfe! Gotteshülfe! Essen, Gladbach, 1891.

Stubbs, C. W.: A Creed for Christian Socialists. London, Reeves, 1897.

Best known periodicals:

Church Reformer (London).

Christian Socialist (London).

Die Zeit (organ für nationales Sozialismus auf christliche Grundlage, Berlin).

Hilfe (Frankfurt, a. M.)

Revue du Christianisme social.

See also “Arbeiterbibliothek” (Göttinger), ed. by P. Naumann.

3a. The problem of Christian Socialism.

Adler, Felix: Life and Destiny. N. Y., McClure, Phillips & Co., 1905. Esp. pp. 75-141.

Clifford, Dr. John: Socialism and the Teaching of Christ. Fabian Tract No. 78.

Mathews, Shailer: The Social Teachings of Jesus.

Peabody, Francis G.: Jesus Christ and the Social Question. Macmillan, 1903.

Religion of an Educated Man.

Stubbs, Rev. C. W.: Christ and Economics. Isbister, 1893.

(b) “Philanthropic” Socialism.

What it is, and how it may, or may not, be political socialism. — Some of the representatives of this type of socialism. — Its influence.

Bernstein, Ed.: Zur Frage— Socialliberalismus oder Collectivismus. Berlin, 1900.

Brooks, John G.: The Social Problem. N. Y., Macmillan, 1902.

Hobhouse, L. T.: The Labor Movement. Fischer, Unwin & Co., 1898.

Hobson, J. A.: The Social Problem. N. Y., Pott, 1902.

Kelly, Edmond: Government or Human Evolution. Longmans, N. Y., 1900-01. 2 vols.

Kirkup, T.: History of Socialism. Pp. 273-311.

Wells, H. G.: Mankind in the Making. London, Chapman and Hall, 1904.

(c) State Socialism.

What it is and what sets it apart from the Marxist and other movements. — Katheder-Sozialismus.

Block, Maurice: Quintessence of State Socialism.

Bryce, R. J.: A Short Study of State Socialism. London, E. Baynes & Co., 1903.

Dawson, W. H.: Bismarck and State Socialism. London, Swan Sonnenschein, 1890.

Kautsky, K.: Vollmar und der Staatssozialismus. (Neue Zeit, Jhrg. 10, 1891-92.)

Laveleye, Ch.: Socialism of Today. Ch. XII.

Métin, A.: Un Socialisme sans doctrine. Paris, Alcan, 1901.

Millerand, A.: Le socialisme réformiste.

Smith, Hubert L.: Economic Aspects of State Socialism. London, Simpkin, 1887.

Wagner, A.: Vortrag über Sozialismus, Sozialdemokratie, Katheder und Staatssozialismus. Berlin, Vaterländ. Verl. Anst. in Komm., 1894.

Die akademischer Nationalökonomie u. die Socialismus. Berlin, Becker, 1895.

 

PART III.— CRITICAL DISCUSSION OF THE DOCTRINE OF MARXIAN SOCIALISM.

1. Marxist Analysis of Industrial Society.

(a) Marxist Classification of the Factors in Industrial Life.

Labor and proletariat. — Capital and bourgeoisie, and whether these terms are, and can be, used interchangeably.

Kautsky, K.: The Social Revolution, esp. sec. 43.

Marx, K.: Communist Manifesto. Passim.

The “leisure class,” what socialists mean by it, and how they regard it.

See, besides writings of socialists previously cited:

Lafargue, Paul: Le droit à la paresse. Lille, Delory, 1891.

Massart, J., et Vandervelde, E.: Parasitisme organique et parasitisme social. Paris, Reinwald, Schleicher Frères, 1898. (Eng. trans.: Parasitism, organic and social. London, Swan Sonnenschein, 1895.)

Students will do well to read in this connection:

Veblen, Thorstein: Theory of the Leisure Class. N. Y., Macmillan, 1902.

(b) Surplus Value.

The Theory.

Aveling, Edw.: Students’ Marx. Pp. 1-48.

Bernstein, Ed.: Die Voraussetzungen des Sozialismus, etc. Pp. 37-46.

Kautsky, K.: Karl Marx’s Oekonomische Lehre. Pp. 3-116.

Marx, K.: Capital. I, pp. 1-311.

Validity of the theory. — Its relation to orthodox economic findings. — How far it is fundamental to socialistic economic theory.

Böhm-Bawerk: Karl Marx and the Close of His System.

(c) Law of Concentration of Capital.

What it is.

Marx, K.: Capital. Pp. 625-736.

Aveling, Edw.: Students’ Marx. Pp. 138-157.

Kautsky, K.: Marx’s Oekonomische Lehren. Pp. 116-177.

Vandervelde, E.: Collectivism and Industrial Evolution. Pt. 1.

How far dispassionate investigation validates this law.

Bourguin, M.: Les systèmes socialistes. Ch. XI, Ch. XII, Ch. XIII, Annexes III, IV, V.

The Trusts in socialist theory.

Lafargue. P.: Les Trusts Américains. Paris, Giard et Brière, 1897.

Lloyd, H.: Wealth Against Commonwealth. Harper, 1894.

Macrosty, H. W.: Trusts and the State. Richards, 1901.

Vail, Chas.: The Trust Question. Chicago, Chas. H. Kerr & Co. (Pocket Library of Socialism No. 21.)

Mills, Walter Thomas: The Struggle for Existence. Ch. X.

Socialist attitude toward mechanical production. — Question of house industry vs. factory labor.

(d) Theory of Commercial Crises.

Socialist explanation of them. — Comparison of this explanation with other ways of accounting for them.

Bernstein, Ed.: Voraussetzungen des Sozialismus, etc. Pp. 66-83.

Kautsky, K.: Das Erfurter Programme. Pp. 86-104, 177-252.

(e) Theory of Increasing Misery.

What it is. — How far it is based on fact.

In addition to bibliography previously cited, see:

Why Are the Many Poor? Fabian Tract No. 1.

How far Marxian reformers expect the elimination of pauperism, and how far these expectations seem justified. — The question of unemployed in socialist theory.

Bebel, A.: Die Frau u. der Sozialismus, passim.

Kautsky, K.: Das Erfurter Programme. Pp. 104-166.

Renard, G.: Le régime socialiste. Pp. 152-186.

(f) The General Strike.

The conception viewed historically, and in contemporary socialist usage. — Objects.

Bernstein, Ed.: Der Strike als Politischer Kampfmittel. (Neue Zeit, Jhrg. 12, 1893-94.)

La Grève Générale et le Socialisme. Enquête Intérnationale. Paris, Odéon, 1904. (June, July, Aug. and Sept. Nos. of “Le Mouvement Socialiste.”)

Protokoll über die Verhandlung des Parteitags der Sozialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands. Jena, 1905.

(g) Canons of Distribution.

Whether any are to be found in Marxist and related socialist theory, and if so, how far and in what way they promise more general enjoyment of the results of social production. — Whether socialist schemes expect to increase production, or control consumption. — Whether Marxists aim at distributive justice. — Economic efficiency under socialism.

(h) Competition.

Whether socialists expect the elimination of competition. — The claim that competition involves waste. — How far it is true. — Whether it is possible to eliminate competition from human affairs. — Whether it should be eliminated if it could be. — Whether industrial development is actually tending to diminish competition.

Kelly, Ed,: Government or Human Evolution. II, pp. 273-293.

Reeves, Sidney: The Cost of Competition. McClure, Phillips & Co., 1906.

2. Marxist Political Theory.

(a) The State in Socialist Interpretation.

What the State is held to be.— Its origin.— Its end.— The range of functions ascribed to it.

Deville, G.: Principes Socialistes. Pp. 174-181.

Renard, Georges: Le régime socialiste. Pp. 61-125.

(b) The Individual and His Rights.

Natural rights in Marxian theory. — Rights of the individual specifically or implicitly demanded by all socialists. — The grounds on which the demand for rights is formulated. — How far the word “natural” has disappeared.

Lafargue, P.: Le Droit à la paresse, passim.

Renard, G.: Le Régime socialiste. Alcan, 1904, pp. 24-61.

For views kindred to Marxian see, by way of comparison:

Hobson, J. A.: Social Problem. Bk. II, Chs. I and II.

Kelly, E.: Government or Human Evolution. I, Ch. I.

Menger, A.: Right to the Whole Product of Labor. Pp. 1-40.

Ritchie, D. G.: Natural Rights. London, 1895.

(c) Doctrine of Property.

The theory usually adopted as to the origin and function of property. — The changes in property relations which socialists have in view.

Lafargue, Paul: Evolution of Property from Savagery to Civilization. Swan Sonnenschein, 1891.

Lafargue, Paul, et Guyot, Yves: La propriété communiste par P. Lafargue; réfutation par Guyot. Paris, Delgrave, 1895.

Laveleye, Em. de: De la propriété et ses formes primitives. Paris, Baillière, 1874. (Eng. trans, by G. R. L. Marriott, London, 1878.)

Menger, A.: Right to the Whole Product of Labor. Pp. 157-175.

Willoughby, W. W.: Social Justice. London, Macmillan, 1900. Ch. IV.

(d) Social Democracy.

As to the form of government socialists propose. — What “social democracy” means additional to democracy. — Whether socialist understanding of democracy is the usual one. — Whether the democratic form of government is fundamental to a socialist state. — Whether economic freedom is the means to democracy, or democracy the means to economic freedom, and what economic freedom means.

Bernstein, Ed.: Vorausaetzungen des Socialismus. Pp. 118-140.

(e) Tendency to Belief in Decentralization.

Some reasons for this tendency. — The effects of the doctrine.

(f) Internationalism.

Its nature. — Its present popularity. — Whether adhesion to the doctrine implies diminished patriotism.

Jaurès, J.: Patriotisme et Internationalisme. Lille, Delory (undated.)

Renard, G.: Régime socialiste. Alcan, 1904. Pp. 68-74.

(g) The Family.

Socialist ways of accounting for its origin and its political and social function. — How socialists relate the institution of the family to the status of woman. — The relation between child and parent in the socialist theory.

Bebel, A.: Die Frau und der Sozialismus. Stuttgart, Dietz, 1891. (Eng. trans.: Woman in the Past, Present, and Future, of which many popular editions.)

Engels, F.:  Der Ursprung der Familie. Zürich, Verlags-Magazin, 1891. (Eng. trans.: Origin of the Family. Chicago, Chas. H. Kerr & Co.)

Pearson, Karl: Ethic of Freethought. London, Black, 1901. Pp. 354-431.

Russell, B. and A.: German Social Democracy. Pp. 175-195.

Mills, Walter Thomas: The Struggle for Existence. Ch. XI.

3. Marx’s Doctrine of Social Progress.

(a) The Ultimate Premises of Socialism.

As to whether there are any fixed premises, and whether these premises are those which socialists themselves define. — Whether pessimism or optimism is at the bottom of the movement. — The controversy between materialism and idealism.

Bernstein, Ed.: Das realistische und das idealistische Moment in Socialismus (in “Zur Geschichte und Theorie des Sozialismus, pp. 262-287.)

Engels, Fr.: Eugen Duhrings Umwalzung der Wissenschaft.

Jaurès, J., et Fafargue, P.: Idéalisme et Matérialisme. Paris, 1895. (Publications du groupe des étudiantes collectivistes.)

Labriola, A.: Socialisme et Philosophie. Paris, Giard et Brière, 1899.

Marx, K.: “Holy Family” in “Aus dem literarischen Nachlass,” etc.

Pearson, K.: Ethic of Freethought. London, Adam and Charles Black, 1901. Pp. 301-354.

(b) The Materialistic Conception of History.

The doctrine. — Its antecedents, and how far the theory is the special property of socialists. — The several forms in which the theory is taught. — Validity of the theory. — Its influence outside of socialist circles.

Barthe, P.: Philosophie der Geschichte als Sociologie. Pp. 303-353.

Calwer, Rich.: Das Kommunistiche Manifest u. die heutige Sozialdemokratie. Braunschweig, Gunther, 1894.

Engels, Fr.: Feuerbach, the Roots of the Socialist Philosophy.

Ferri, Enrico: Socialismo e Scienza positiva. Roma, 1894. (Eng. trans.: Socialism and Positive Science.)

Labriola, A.: Saggi intorna alla concezione materialistica della Storia. Loescher, 1902. (Eng. trans.: Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History.)

Loria, A.: Analisi della Proprietà Capitalista. Torino, Bocca, 1889.

Marx, K.: Misère de la Philosophie.

Communist Manifesto.

Masaryk, T. G.: [Die philosophischen und sociologischen] Grundlagen des Marxismus. Vienna, Könegen, 1899.

Seignobos, Ch.: La méthode historique appliquée aux sciences sociales. Alcan, 1901. Pp. 259-269.

Seligman, E. R. A.: Economic Interpretation of History. Macmillan, 1902.

Stein, Ludwig: Die soziale Frage im Lichte der Philosophie. Stuttgart, Enke, 1903. Pp. 302-312.

Weisengrün, Paul: Der Marxismus. Leipzig, Veit & Co., 1900. Pp. 36-212.

(c) Class Struggle.

The doctrine in exact terms. — The social classes it defines, and the basis used to distinguish these. — The contradictions involved in the theory of class struggle. — Whether there is a class struggle on the lines defined by Marxists, or on any lines.

Barthe, P.: Philosophie der Geschichte als Sociologie. Pp. 336-346.

Bauer, A.: Les Classes Sociales. Paris, Giard et Brière, 1902.

Bernstein, Ed.: Klassenkampf-Dogma u. Klassenkampf-Wirklichkeit. Zur Geschichte u. Theorie des Socialismus, pp. 382-406.

Kautsky, K,: Das Erfurter Programme. Pp. 31-86.

Marx, K.: Communist Manifesto.

Novikow, J.: Les luttes entre les sociétés humaines et leurs phases successives. Paris, Alcan, 1896.

Noyes, W. H.: The Evolution of the Class Struggle. Chicago, Chas. H. Kerr & Co. (Pocket Library of Socialism.)

Simon, A.: Class Struggle. Chas. H. Kerr & Co., Chicago. (Madden Lib. No. 2.)

Veblen, Thorstein: Theory of Business Enterprise. Macmillan. Esp. Chs. VI, VII, IX, X.

4. Consideration of the Leading Objections to Socialism.

Brünhuber, M.: Die heutige Sozialdemokratie. Fischer, Jena, 1906.

Clark, W.: The Limits of Collectivism (Contemporary Review, 1893).

Donisthorpe, W.: Individualism— A System of Politics. Macmillan, 1889.

Gilman, N. P.: Socialism and the American Spirit. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1893.

Gladden, W.: Applied Christianity. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1886. (Essay on The Strength and Weakness of Socialism.)

Guyot, Yves: La tyrannie socialiste. Paris, Delagrave, 1893. (Eng trans.: The Tyranny of Socialism. London, Swan Sonnenschein, 1894.)

Mackay, J., and others: A Plea for Liberty. Murray, 1892.

Mallock, W. H.: Classes and Masses. London, 1896.

Aristocracy and Evolution. N. Y., 1898.

Morley, John: Compromise. 2nd ed. rev. London, 1877.

Nicholson, J. Shield: Historical Progress and Ideal Socialism. London, Black, 1894.

Richter, Eugene: Die Sozialdemokraten, was sie wollen und was sie werken. Berlin, 1878.

Richter, Eugene: Socialdemokratische Zukunftsbilder. Berlin, Verlag “Fortschritt,” A. G., 1890. (Eng. trans.: Pictures of the Socialist Future. 1894. Sonnenschein.

Say, Léon: Contre le Socialisme. Paris, Leroy, 1896.

Schäffle, A. E. F.: The Impossibility of Social Democracy.

Spencer, Herbert: The Man versus the State.

Sumner, W. G.: What Social Classes Owe Each Other. N. Y., 1884.

Thiers, A.: Du droit de propriété. 2 vols. Paris, Didot, 1841. (Eng. trans.: Rights of Property.)

PART IV.— COMMUNISM AND ANARCHISM.

1. Communism.

Some notable recent attempts at communism. — General type of social organization under communism. — Psychology of the communist. — Tendencies and average results of communistic experiments.

Broome, Isaac: The Last Days of the Ruskin Coöperative Association.

Bulletin of U. S. Labor Dept. (article on Coöperative Communities in the U. S., by Rev. Alex. Kent).

Eastlake, Allan: Oneida Community. Redway, 1900.

Nordhoff, C: Communistic Societies of the U. S. London, Murray, 1875.

Winchell, Alex. C: Communism in America. (North American Review, 1888, May.)

2. Anarchism.

(a) Classification.

The several types of anarchism, and their representatives.

Bakounine, Michel: Oeuvres (especially Dieu et I’Etat).

Grave, Jean: La société mourante et l’anarchie. Paris, 1893.

La société future. Stock, 1895.

L’Individu et la société. 1897. 2nd ed.

L ‘Anarchie, son but, ses moyens. Paris, Stock, 1899.

Hertzka, Theodore: Freiland. (Translated by A. Ransom, N. Y., 1891.)

Kropotkin, Peter H.: La conquête du pain. Paris, 1892.

Parôles d’un révolutionaire.

Autour d’une vie. Paris, 1903. 2 vols. 1899(?).

L’anarchie, sa philosophie, son idéal. 1905(?).

Memoires d’un révolutionaire.

Fields, Factories, and Workshops. London, S. Sonnenschein, 1901.

Malato, Ch.: De la commune à l’anarchie. Paris, Stock, 1894.

Mackay, John: Der Anarchisten.

Michel, Louis: La Commune. Paris, Stock, 1898.

Most, Johann Joseph: Die Lösung der sociale Frage. 1876. Memoiren, 2 Bde., N. Y., 1903.

Reclus, Elisée: L’évolution, la révolution et l’idéale anarchique. Paris, 1902.

Spencer, Herbert: Social Statistics (1st ed., containing chapter on right of individual to ignore the State).

Tucker, Benj.: Instead of a Book. N. Y., Tucker, 1893. (Reprinted under the title “State, Socialism, and Anarchism.” London, Reeves, 1895.)

Yarros, Victor: Anarchism, Its Aims and Methods. Boston, 1887.

(b) The Theory in Practice.

The programmes. — Organization. — Methods of propaganda. — The relation of anarchism to socialism. — To individualism. — Herbert Spencer and anarchism. — Psychology of the anarchist.

Bernstein, Ed.: Die sociale Doktrin des Anarchismus (in Neue Zeit, Jahrg. 10, Bd. 1-2).

Basch, V.: L ‘individualisme anarchiste. Alcan, 1904.

Dubois, Felix: Le péril anarchiste. Paris, 1894. (Eng. trans.: The Anarchist Peril. Unwin, 1894.)

Garan, J.: L’anarchie et les anarchistes. Paris, 1885.

Ghio, Paul: L’anarchie aux Etats Unis. Paris, Colin, 1903.

Hamon, A.: Le psychology de l’anarchiste socialiste. Paris, Stock, 1895.

Lombroso, Cesare: Gli anarchici. Turin, 1894.

Plechanoff, G.: Anarchismus und Sozialismus. Berlin, 1894. (Eng. trans.: Anarchism and Socialism. Chicago, Chas. H. Kerr & Co.)

Shaw, Bernard: The Impossibilities of Anarchism. Fabian Tract No. 46.

Simons, A. M.: Socialism vs. Anarchy. Chicago, Chas. H. Kerr & Co. (Pocket Lib. of Socialism.)

Zenker, E. V.: Der Anarchismus. Kritische Geschichte der anarchistischen Theorien. Jena, 1895. (Eng. trans.: Anarchism, a Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory. Putnam, 1897.)

PART V.— SOCIAL REFORMS WITH LESS EXTENSIVE PROBLEMS.

1. Land Nationalization and Single Tax.

The doctrine. — Methods of reform proposed. — The founder of the Single Tax movement, and some facts of his life which throw light on his theories. — Economic and social results expected. — Critical examination of the doctrine. — Relation of socialists to these movements.

An Essay on the Right of Property in Land. 1782. Reprinted, London, 1891, under the title “Birthright in Land.”

Cox, H.: Land Nationalization. London, Methuen, 1892.

Dawson, W. H.: Unearned Increment. London, Swan Sonnenschein, 1890.

Hobson: Coöperation in the Land.

Moore: Back to the Land.

Simons, A. M.: Single Tax vs. Socialism, Chicago, Chas, H. Kerr & Co. (Pocket Lib. of Socialism.)

Stubbs, C. W.: Land and the Laborer. London, Swan Sonnenschein, 1891,

Thackeray, S. W.: The Land and the Community. N. Y., Appleton & Co., 1889.

Among good criticisms of the theory:

Hobson, J. A.: The Influence of Henry George in England. (Fortnightly Review, 1897, December.)

Schäffle, A.: Inkorporation des Hypothekencredits. Tübigen, 1883.

Smart, W.: Taxation of Land Values and the Single Tax.

Walker, Francis A.: Land and Its Rent. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1883. Pp. 141-182.

Publications of the “Land and Property Defense League.”

2. Coöperation.

Coöperation from the social reform point of view. — Coöperation and communism. — Coöperation and profit sharing. — The several kinds of coöperative societies. — The status of the coöperative movement in the leading nations of Europe and America. — The outlook for coöperation. — Arguments in favor of the movement. — Its weaknesses. — Socialists’ attitude toward it.

Bertrand, Louis: Histoire de la coöpération en Belgique.

Gide, Ch.: La Coöpération. Paris, Librarie de la société du Recueil genéral des lois et des arrêts et du Journal du palais. 1900.

Holyoake, G. J.: History of Coöperation in England. London, 1875-85. 2 vols.

Hughes, Thomas, and Neale, Edward V.: A Manual for Coöperators. Manchester, 1888.

Hubert-Valleroux, P.: La Coöpération. Paris, 1904.

Jones, Benjamin: Coöperative Production. Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1894.

Pissamiglio: Distributive Coöperative Societies.

Van Marken: Industrial Social Organization. Delft., 1901.

Wright, Carrol D.: Manual of Distributive Coöperation. Boston, 1885.

On relation to Social Democracy:

Anseele, E.: “Socialism and Coöperation” in Ensor. Modern Socialism, pp. 284-301.

Gerhard, Adele: Konsumgenossenschaft und Sozialdemokratie. Nürnberg, Wörlein u. Co., 1895.

Kautsky, K.: Konsumverein u. Arbeiterbewegung. (Wiener Arbeiterbibliothek, Heft. 1) Vienna, 1897.

Milhaud, Ed.: La démocratie socialiste allemande. Pp. 442-517.

Reports and publications:

Annual reports of Coöperative Unions, of Coöperative Wholesale, of “Vooruit,” Maison du Peuple, etc.

Annual reports of Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Coöperative News, Manchester.

3. Trade-Unionism.

How far trade-unionism may justifiably be included in a study of social reform movements. — The objects of trade-unionism, and how these objects compare with the primary aims of other social reform movements. — The exact distinction between the “industrial democracy” this movement represents, and “social democracy,” and, in general, the relation between trade-unionism and socialism.

Herkner, Heinrich: Die Arbeiterfrage. Berlin, J. Guttentag, 1902.

Lange, Friedrich A.: Die Arbeiterfrage. Winterthur, 1879.

London, Jack: The Scab. Chicago, Chas. Kerr & Co. (Pocket Lib. of Socialism.)

Nicholson, J. S.: Strikes and Social Problems. (Essay on Labor Combinations and Competition.)

Troeltseh, W., and Hirschfeld, P.: Die deutschen Sozialdemokratischen Gewerkschaften. Berlin, Carl Heymanns Verlag, 1906.

Webb, Sidney and Beatrice: Industrial Democracy. 2 vols.

PART VI.— UTOPIANISM.

  1. The relation of Utopianism to social reform. — The types of Utopian writings. — Some leading modern examples of Utopian plans, and their place in current reform movements. — The question of the utility of Utopianism.

Bellamy, Ed.: Looking Backward. 1870. London, Reeves & Co., 1888.

Equality. New York, Appleton, 1897.

Ellis, Havelock: The Nineteenth Century, an Utopian Retrospect. Boston, Small, Maynard & Co., 1901.

Hertzka, Theodor: Freiland. (Eng. trans.: Freeland. Translated by A. Ransom. N. Y., 1891.)

Hobson, J. A.: Edward Bellamy and the Utopian Romance. (Humanitarian, 1898. Vol. 13.)

Howells, W. D.: A Traveller from Altruria.

Kaufmann, M.: Utopias from Sir Thomas Moore to Karl Marx:. London, Paul, 1879.

Morris, Wm.: News from Nowhere. Longmans, 1896.

Wells, H. G.: A Modern Utopia. Chapman & Hall, 1905.

Source: University of California, Department of Economics. Topics and References for Economics 42: Contemporary Theories of Social Reform. Berkeley: The University Press, 1906. 29 pages.