| Author | : Edward Reynolds Pease |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 324 |
| Release | : 1916 |
| Genre | : Socialism |
| ISBN | : |
The History of the Fabian Society
| Author | : Edward Reynolds Pease |
| Publisher | : IndyPublish.com |
| Total Pages | : 348 |
| Release | : 1925 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
George Bernard Shaw in Context
| Author | : Brad Kent |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 723 |
| Release | : 2015-10-14 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 1316432165 |
When George Bernard Shaw died in 1950, the world lost one of its most well-known authors, a revolutionary who was as renowned for his personality as he was for his humour, humanity, and rebellious thinking. He remains a compelling figure who deserves attention not only for how influential he was in his time, but for how relevant he is to ours. This collection sets Shaw's life and achievements in context, with forty-two scholarly essays devoted to subjects that interested him and defined his work. Contributors explore a wide range of themes, moving from factors that were formative in Shaw's life, to the artistic work that made him most famous and the institutions with which he worked, to the political and social issues that consumed much of his attention, and, finally, to his influence and reception. Presenting fresh material and arguments, this collection will point to new directions of research for future scholars.
Fabianism and Culture
| Author | : Ian Britain |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 364 |
| Release | : 2005-10-20 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780521021296 |
This book is an attempt to remedy the neglect of the cultural and aesthetic aspects of English socialism in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. An outstanding symptom of this neglect is the way in which the Fabian Society, and its two leading lights, Sidney and Beatrice Webb, have usually been depicted as completely indifferent to art and to the artistic ramifications of socialism. Most commentators have painted Fabian socialism as a narrowly utilitarian programme of social and administrative reform, preoccupied with the mechanisms of politics and largely obvious of wider, more 'human' issues. One of the basic aims of the book is to question this bleakly philistine image, by showing the basis of the Fabians' beliefs in romancism as well as utilitarianism.
The Solidarity Society
| Author | : Tim Horton |
| Publisher | : Fabian Society |
| Total Pages | : 271 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Poor |
| ISBN | : 9780716341109 |
Final report of a project to commemorate the centenary of Beatrice Webb's 1909 minority report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Law.
A History of the Mont Pelerin Society
| Author | : Ronald Max Hartwell |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 298 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : |
CONTENTS: Preface; Part 1: PREHISTORY, FORMATION, & ORGANIZATION -- The Prehistory of the Mont Pelerin Society; The Founding of the Society; Organization & Finance. Part 2: THE MEETINGS, 1949-91: A CHRONOLOGICAL & ADMINISTRATIVE SURVEY -- The First Twelve Years; The Hunold Affair; Princeton & Oxford; Kassel & Turin; The Meetings of the 1960s; The 1970s & 1980s. Part 3: ASSESSMENT & CONCLUSIONS -- The Mont Pelerin Society & the Revival of Liberalism; Mont Pelerin Liberalism; Index.
The Life and Times of Sidney and Beatrice Webb
| Author | : R. Harrison |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 413 |
| Release | : 2016-01-08 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0230598064 |
Sidney and Beatrice Webb are the most important British contributors to the socialist tradition. They had a hand in founding many of the institutions that form the fabric of British society; notably the Fabian society, the Labour Party, the London School of Economics, the New Statesman , the Political Quarterly and Tribune. This is the first authorized biography of the Webbs commissioned by the Passfield Trustees; this life of the 'oddest couple since Adam and Eve' differs from previous studies in considering their literary and institution-building accomplishments and not just their personal idiosyncrasies.
