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J. A. Hobson (1858–1940)

Author of Imperialism: A Study

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Includes the names: Hobson J A, J. A. Hobson, John A. Hobson, John Atkinson Hobson

Works by J. A. Hobson

Imperialism: A Study (1902) 202 copies, 2 reviews
The Evolution Of Modern Capitalism: A Study Of Machine Production (1906) (1894) 40 copies
Problems of Poverty (2013) 11 copies
Selected writing of John A. Hobson, 1932 - 1938 : the struggle for the international mind (2011) 8 copies
God and Mammon (Routledge Revivals): The Relations of Religion and Economics (2011) 8 copies
Richard Cobden; The International Man (1919) 7 copies
Rationalisation and unemployment an economic dilemma (2011) 6 copies
John Ruskin, Social Reformer (1898) 6 copies
The Social Problem: Life and Work (1996) 6 copies
Confessions of an economic heretic (1976) 6 copies
J.A.Hobson: A Reader (1988) 6 copies
Work and Wealth: A Human Valuation (2010) 6 copies
Towards international government (2013) 6 copies
The Psychology of Jingoism (1999) 5 copies
THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA: Its causes and effects (2019) 5 copies
Veblen (1936) 5 copies
International trade : an application of economic theory (2013) 4 copies
Gold Prices and Wages (2019) 4 copies
The economics of unemployment (2011) 4 copies
Poverty in plenty the ethics of income (2012) 4 copies
Democracy after the war (2013) 4 copies
Taxation in the new state (2013) 4 copies
The Science of Wealth (1911) 4 copies
The Crisis of Liberalism: New Issues of Democracy (1999) 4 copies
Writings on distribution and welfare (2013) 4 copies
The problem of the unemployed : an enquiry and an economic policy (2013) 4 copies
The New Protectionism (2019) 3 copies
Rationalism and humanism 3 copies
Wealth and life a study in values (2011) 3 copies
Problems of a new world (2013) 3 copies
Incentives In The New Industrial Order (2015) 3 copies
The conditions of industrial peace (2012) 2 copies
The industrial system; an inquiry into earned and unearned income 2 copies
Writings on imperialism and internationalism (2013) 2 copies
Morals of Economic Internationalism (2011) 2 copies
The physiology of industry (2013) 2 copies
The Fight for Democracy (Classic Reprint) (2015) 1 copy
L. T. Hobhouse (Routledge Revivals) (2024) 1 copy
The War in South Africa (Classic Reprint): Its Causes and Effects 1 copy
Democracy and a changing civilisation 1 copy
From Capitalism to Socialism 1 copy
Notes on law and order 1 copy
Canada To-Day 1 copy
Home University Library of Modern Knowledge 1 copy
Hobhouse Momorial Lectures 1930-1940 1 copy
1920 : dips into the near future (1917) 1 copy
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Associated Works

Empire Writing: An Anthology of Colonial Literature 1870-1918 (1998) — Contributor — 91 copies
The Fin de Siècle: A Reader in Cultural History, c. 1880-1900 (2000) — Contributor — 89 copies
The Penguin Book of Twentieth-Century Protest (1998) — Contributor — 37 copies

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Legal name
John Atkinson Hobson
Other names
Lucian (pseudonym)
Birthdate
1858-07-06
Date of death
1940-04-01
Gender
male
Education
Derby School, England, UK
Lincoln College, Oxford, England, UK
Short biography
English economist and imperial critic, widely popular as a lecturer and writer.
Nationality
UK
Birthplace
Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK
Places of residence
Derby, England, UK
London, England, UK
South Africa
Place of death
Hampstead, London, England, UK
Map Location
England, UK

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2 reviews
Waltersgn59 reviews
Imperialism a study by J. A. Hobson
Pioneer work on linking colonialism and capitalism.
½
Oct 11, 20161 other review
GLArnold84 reviews
Imperialism: A Study by J. A. Hobson
The classic critique of imperialism from the standpoint of old-fashioned Cobdenite liberalism. [1961]
Jul 12, 20201 other review

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