Table of Contents

Volume 1 T Hodgskin, Labour Defended (1825); W Thompson, Labour Rewarded (1827). David Ricardo, Principles of Political Economy (1817). Volume 2 F D Maurice, A Dialogue between Somebody and Nobody (1850); Reasons for Co-operation (1851); A Clergyman s Answer (1851); On the Reformation of Society (1851); C Kingsley, Cheap Clothes and Nasty (1851); The Message of the Church to Labouring Men (1851); The Application of Associative Principles and Methods to Agriculture (1851); Who are the Friends of Order? (1852); J M Ludlow, 'The Great Partnership' (1848); Labour and the Poor (1850); The Working Associations of Paris (1850); Christian Socialism and its Opponents (1851) Volume 3 W Morris, A Summary of the Principles of Socialism (with H M Hyndman) (1884); Art and Socialism (1884); The Manifesto of the Socialist League (with E Belfort Bax) (1885); The Labour Question from the Socialist Standpoint (1886); Signs of Change (1888); Statement of the Principles of the Hammersmith Socialist Society (1890); How I Became a Socialist (1894) Volume 4 G B Shaw, ed, Fabian Essays (1889) Volume 5 A J Penty, Old Worlds for New (1917) Volume 6 H J Laski, A Grammar of Politics (1925) Volume 7 G D H Cole, Principles of Economic Planning (1935) Volume 8 D P T Jay, The Socialist Case (1937) Volume 9 R H S Crossman, ed, New Fabian Essays (1952) Volume 10 A Bevan, In Place of Fear (1952)

About the Author

David Reisman is Professor of Economics, University of Surrey. His publications include Adam Smith's Sociological Economics, Richard Titmuss: Welfare and Society, Galbraith and Market Capitalism, State and Welfare, Alfred Marshall: Progress and Politics, Theories of Collective Action, The Political Economy of Health Care and Anthony Crosland: The Mixed Economy. Professor Reisman is the editor of Theories of the Mixed Economy (10 volumes), also published by Pickering and Chatto.

Reviews

'... the series is a welcome addition for many university libraries that do not have original copies of these books. The editorial work provides the reader with an excellent introduction to the lives as well as the political ideas of a number of outstanding socialist writers ... David Reisman is to be congratulated on providing a thought-provoking series.' - Alan Fowler, History of Economic Thought Newsletter 'If a collection such as this one does nothing more that remind us of the arguments and beliefs of the by now lost theorists of British social democracy, it will fulfil an important task.' - Mark Wickham-Jones, Times Literary Supplement 'This is a fascinating collection of texts, the range and scope of which are accurately conveyed by the title of the complete set. Moreover, and in contrast to some such collections, both the ten volumes as a whole and each individual collection are graced by genuinely interesting and useful editorial introductions. Reisman is decidedly not of the 'give them a quick, pointless list of the contents' school of collection-editors, rather, he provides and informative and well written contextual setting in each case, thereby really enhancing one's appreciation of the text to be studied. This ten-volume work has thus much to offer the historian of British social thoughts... This is a generally well-produced collection of interesting texts, suitably enhanced by valuable editorial introductions; many readers will enjoy it for years to come' - Ian Steedman, European Journal for the History of Economic Thoughts'If a collection such as this one does nothing more that remind us of the arguments and beliefs of the by now lost theorists of British social democracy, it will fulfil an important task.'A- Mark Wickham-Jones, The Times Literary Supplement