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History and Society - Essays by R.H. Tawney (Hardcover)
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History and Society - Essays by R.H. Tawney (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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R. H. Tawney believed that the subject of economic history raises
questions which touch the fundamental concerns of all thinking
people. By setting economic development firmly within the framework
of cultural and political life, he provided an alternative to the
recent fragmentation of economic history into a number of
increasingly technical specialisms. First published as a collection
in 1978, these ten essays, spanning the length of Professor
Tawney's career remain as controversial and potent as ever, and the
original introduction by J. M. Winter provides the first full
evaluation and significance of R. H. Tawney's approach to economic
history. Among the essays included in this volume are the
indispensible studies of 'The Rise of the Gentry' and 'Harrington's
Interpretation of His Age', as well as 'The Abolition of Economic
Controls, 1918-1921', here published in full for the first time.
Other selections, such as Tawney's celebrated inaugural lecture as
Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics in
1933, 'the Study of Economic History', offer a representative
sample of the range and sweep of Tawney's historical imagination.
Taken together, these essays demonstrate the validity of Tawney's
conviction that economic historians must confront not only the
creation of wealth, but also the moral questions surrounding its
distribution.
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