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Even before the publication of Progress and Poverty in 1879, San Francisco political economist and publisher Henry George (1839-1897) had written extensively about what he considered to be the causes for worldwide economic inequity—land monopolization and speculation by wealthy entrepreneurs and corrupt politicians. But his attacks on these evils were coupled with a plan for a possible brighter future, for a world in which disparities between people of different classes could be adjusted. By the time he died in 1897, his assessments of liberal 19th-century economic theory were critically acclaimed in Europe and the United States.  
      Michigan State University Press's new edition of Our Land and Land Policy includes the texts of speeches George delivered and essays he published during three decades of political activism. These pieces were chosen originally in 1901 by George's son, Henry George, Jr., to portray the expansiveness and depth of his father's philosophy and the sincerity with which the elder George struggled throughout his life for social justice.  
 

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  1. Cover
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  1. Frontmatter
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  1. Contents
  2. p. vii
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  1. Prefatory Note
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Preface to the 1999 Edition
  2. pp. xi-xvi
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  1. Our Land and Land Policy
  1. The Lands of the United States
  2. pp. 1-23
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  1. The Lands of California
  2. pp. 24-51
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  1. Land and Labour
  2. pp. 52-61
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  1. The Tendency of Our Present Land Policy
  2. pp. 62-68
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  1. What Our Land Policy Should Be
  2. pp. 69-94
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  1. The Study of Political Economy
  2. pp. 95-108
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  1. The American Republic
  2. pp. 109-128
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  1. The Crime of Poverty
  2. pp. 129-152
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  1. Land and Taxation
  2. pp. 153-166
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  1. “Thou Shalt Not Steal”
  2. pp. 167-180
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  1. To Workingmen
  2. pp. 181-190
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  1. “Thy Kingdom Come”
  2. pp. 191-202
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  1. Justice the Object–Taxation the Means
  2. pp. 203-220
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  1. Causes of the Business Depression
  2. pp. 221-226
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  1. Peace by Standing Army
  2. pp. 227-234
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  1. Editor’s Notes
  2. pp. 235-256
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