Documentary History of American Industrial Society.
Item #77483
COMMONS, John R., et. al, eds. A Documentary History of American Industrial Society. Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1910. 10 vols. bound in 11 (including the Supplement to Vol. Four). Orig. blue cloth, spines gilt, T.e.g. Slight shelfwear. Near fine. Largely unopened. HOWES C-647, "b." Clark & Brunet 57. One of the most significant studies of American labor, supported by hundreds of primary source documents, and among the more difficult of the multi-volume Clark Company sets to find in nice condition. "This documentary account of labor in the United States was widely reviewed with high praise, and found ready sale principally to libraries and institutions" - Clark and Brunet. Commons, a University of Wisconsin economist, was quite influential, especially in his theories of economics at the institutional level.
Price: $2,500.00