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SOCIAL THEORY

G.D.H. COLE

First published in 1920, Social Theory endeavours to put together the social contents of various experiences of the ordinary man, and to make them, as far as they form one, a coherent and consistent whole. Social theory is not concerned directly with all the actions of individual men, but mainly with their actions taken in concert through some temporary or permanent organized g...

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THE POST-WAR CONDITION OF BRITAIN

G.D.H. COLE

First published in 1956, The Post-War Condition of Britain measures the extent of changes in Britain since the thirties. It contains more than two hundred tables on such matters as the national income, employment, production and productivity, investment and consumption; health, education, housing, and the insurance, assistance and similar services; on Trade Unions and industria...

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THE PAYMENT OF WAGES

G.D.H. COLE

First published in 1928, The Payment of Wages came out amid the controversies over workshop conditions caused by the Great War. It has held its place as the standard work describing the various systems of wage payments and their effects. Mr. Cole raises challengingly the question of the need for a completely new policy on the part of the trade unions and employees alike. This b...

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WHAT IS AHEAD OF US?

G.D.H. COLE / ARTHUR SALTER / WICKHAM STEED / SIDNEY WEBB / P. M. S. BLACKETT / LANCELOT HOGBEN

First published in 1937, What is Ahead of Us? is a collection of essays, which were originally presented as lectures before the Fabian Society. Conceived in an era of growing fascism and economic despair, the essays urge the reader to imagine more equitable alternatives to capitalism. The authors offer socialism as a solution but what is more interesting is their criticism of c...

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CHAOS AND ORDER IN INDUSTRY

G.D.H. COLE

First published in 1920, Chaos and Order in Industry studies the causes and solutions to labour strikes as well as inadequacies in industry organizations. It proposes that the problems afflicting industry and labour does not only affect the working class, but also affects the middle and the upper class who may be unable to realize the connection due to their class prejudice. It...

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ORIGINS WELFARE STATE V2

G.D.H. COLE

First published in 2004. Consisting of both shorter pieces and reprints of entire books, this set restores to circulation a number of key texts from the debate about the future of welfare that took place in Britain following the depression. The collection covers the following areas: The period during which the country felt the full impact of the world depression. A number of so...

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VICTORY OR VESTED INTEREST?

G.D.H. COLE / HAROLD LASKI / GEORGE ORWELL / MARY SUTHERLAND / FRANCIS WILLIAMS

This book, first published in 1942, covers the whole field of wartime life and organization. Is the private ownership and control of industry holding up production? Are the burdens of war being shared equally by the whole community? How can individual liberty be reconciled with maximum efficiency? Are women taking their rightful share in the national effort? Does our literature...

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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE BRITISH WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT (1937)

G. D. H. COLE

This is volume 2 of the set A Short History of the British Working Class Movement (1937). The volumes reprinted here provide a general narrative of the history of the working class movement in all its main aspects - Trade Unions, Socialism and Co-operatives. The historical focus is upon the latter part of the eighteenth century, set against a background of economic and social h...

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GOLD, CREDIT AND EMPLOYMENT

G. D. H. COLE

Originally published in 1930, the essays in this book discuss some of the leading financial controversies of the early 1930s in non-technical language. Rationalisation, the Gold Standard and the problems of currency and credit in their relation to unemployment are among the questions discussed. The volume as a whole is a plea at once for a revision of the (then) current banking...

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STUDIES IN CLASS STRUCTURE

G. D. H. COLE

This Volume XX of twenty-one in a collection on Class, Race and Social Structure. First published in 1955, the six studies included are concerned with class structure. They describe or analyse the class composition of Great Britain and of other Western Societies from a variety of points of view, and .at different stages of development; and they are concerned largely, but by no ...

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FABIAN SOCIALISM

G. D. H. COLE

First published in 1971. This volume explores Socialism by the author who was the Chairman of the Fabian Executive. It is written from the demand of a intepretation of Socialism in the light of the conditions crated by World War Two. ...

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PRACTICAL ECONOMICS

G D H COLE

This volume compares the planning of economic conditions under the very different political systems of Soviet Russia, Fascist Germany and Italy and Democratic America, with some discussion of partial economic planning in Great Britain. It includes a broad survey of the successive phases of the Five Year Plans in the Soviet Union, the "New Deal" in the United States, and the div...

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SELF-GOVERNMENT IN INDUSTRY

G D H COLE

This book represents an important stage in the development of an indigenous theory. The argument is presented with the special qualities of cogency and perception which have given the author a lasting influence within the labour movement. ...

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THE NEXT TEN YEARS

G D. H. COLE

This volume was Cole's first major work of political economy in almost a decade and it effectively positioned him as a mainstream Fabian who sought to stabilize capitalism before progressing socialism by essentially statist means. Influenced by J A Hobson and Maynard Keynes the imperative for Cole became the formulation of a strategy which would mitigate the suffering of the ma...

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ECONOMIC TRACTS FOR THE TIMES

G. D. H. COLE

Originally written as a series of pamphlets and at a time of high unemployment, this volume discusses free trade, monetary policy, wages and employment, economic theory and social legislation. ...

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THE LIFE OF WILLIAM COBBETT

G D H COLE

This volume is representative of the historical works of a particular period (1923-29) when there was a hiatus in the output of Cole the theoretician. It is an extraordinary contribution to labour history and is among the finest of his historical works. ...

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ATTEMPTS AT GENERAL UNION

G. D. H. COLE

This volume traces the attempts made after the Napoleonic Wars to link up all the numerous local and sectional Trade Societies into a single comprehensive ‘General Trades Union’ – attempts which culminated in the short-lived Grand National Consolidated Trades Union formed under Robert Owen’s influence in 1833. Based on materials not previously used by historians, this book thro...

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THE WORLD OF LABOUR

G. D. H. COLE

Cole saw the trade unions as being critical to progress, but to realise their role they needed to change and the issue of trade union structure therefore became fundamental. He considered in this volume that trade union structure was a central problem of the labour movement – he described British trade unionism as a movement bereft of ideas and policy. He discusses the evolutio...

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SOCIALIST ECONOMICS

G. D. H. COLE

This volume sets forth as simply as possible the theoretical foundations which underlie the practical policies of democratic Socialism. This involves both a repudiation and a refutation of the assumptions of the older classical economists who believed in laissez-faire, and a careful differentiation of the economics of democratic Socialism from the neo-classical doctrines associ...

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THE MEANING OF MARXISM

G. D. H. COLE

This book is largely based on What Marx Really Meant which was written by Cole and published in 1934. It is a revaluation of Marx’s essential ideas and methods in relation to contemporary social structures and developments and considers the bearing of Marx’s theories on the structure of social classes, which altered greatly since he formulated his account of them. ...

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PROGRAMME FOR VICTORY (WORKS OF HAROLD J. LASKI)

HAROLD J. LASKI / HAROLD NICOLSON / HERBERT READ / W. M. MACMILLAN / ELLEN WILKINSON / G. D. H. COLE

Written two years after the commencement of the Second World War, the chapters in this book succinctly put forward the case for reorganizing the foundations of the social order, by rejecting capitalism and historical equilibrium, both in Europe and further afield in the British Empire, in favour of building a Socialist civilization. ...

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BRITISH TRADE UNIONISM TO-DAY

G. D. H. COLE

First published in 1939. This book provides a balanced picture of Trade Unionism as it was in the 1930s, both in general and in each of the principal industries and services. The study opens with a brief outline of Trade Union history, before examining Trade Unions in various industries, including mining, transport, and the postal service. British Trade Unionism To-Day will be ...

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BRITISH WORKING CLASS POLITICS, 1832-1914

G. D. H. COLE

First published in 1941. This purpose of this history of the earlier phases of the political Labour movement was due to the author’s belief that there was a need for a positive effort to re-create the legion of inspired and untiring propagandists for Socialism whose work made the Labour Party possible. This title will be of interest to scholars and students of history and polit...

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ORGANISED LABOUR

G. D. H. COLE

First published in 1924. This book provides a balanced picture of Trade Unionism as it was in the 1920s. The study opens with a brief outline of Trade Union history, before examining Trade Unions’ structure, its place in government, and the internal issues that Trade Unions faced. Organised Labour will be of great interest to students and scholars of labour and political histor...

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THE LIFE OF ROBERT OWEN

G. D. H. COLE

First published in 1925. Robert Owen was, in the author’s words, ‘that rarest of phenomena, an utterly disinterested critic of a system by which he had himself risen to greatness’, and in studying his life this work reveals with a remarkable clarity the first phases of the Industrial Revolution crowded as it was with events, changes, ideas, and characters. This title will be of...

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WORKSHOP ORGANISATION

G. D. H. COLE

This brilliant analysis, first published in 1923, predicted the development of shop floor bargaining and explains how attitudes, doubts and fears have remained relatively fixed yet open to various pressures. Most of all, it shows why employers extended recognition to work place unionism in the crucial years of 1917-19. This title will be of interest to students and scholars of ...

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A HISTORY OF THE LABOUR PARTY FROM 1914

G. D. H. COLE

First published in 1948, this book gives a full account of the development of the British Labour Party from its emergence as a national influence in the first world war to its return to power with an effective majority after the second world war. The study includes an epilogue which surveys the achievements of the party in the years after the 1945 election. This title will be o...

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THE BRITISH CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN A SOCIALIST SOCIETY

G. D. H. COLE

First published in 1951. The purpose of this study was to consider the prospects of the British Co-operative movement in all its main aspects and not as a consumers’ movement only. The author examines ways in which the Co-operative enterprise, in its various forms, could best be fitted into the economic structure of the coming society. This title will be of great interest to sc...

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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE BRITISH WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT (1937)

G. D. H. COLE

This is volume 3 of the set A Short History of the British Working Class Movement (1937). The volumes reprinted here provide a general narrative of the history of the working class movement in all its main aspects - Trade Unions, Socialism and Co-operatives. The historical focus is upon the latter part of the eighteenth century, set against a background of economic and social h...

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HISTORIA DEL PENSAMIENTO SOCIALISTA, V. COMUNISMO Y SOCIALDEMOCRACIA, 1914-1931. PRIMERA PARTE

COLE, G. D. H.

El autor aborda en este estudio la historia de los partidos y grupos socialistas durante la primera Guerra Mundial, la Revolución rusa de 1917, las revoluciones alemana, húngara y de otros países en 1918-1919, el triunfo del fascismo en Italia y la lucha entre las concepciones rivales del internacionalismo socialista. ...

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