Foreword Stuart Chase New Preface (1 results)
Language: English
Published by The Modern Library (1934), New York, 1946
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + DJ. Reprint. Xv, 404 Pp + Catalog At End. Green Cloth, Gilt. First Published In 1934 With This New Foreword By Stuart Chase; 242 Titles On Dj, Thus This Printing Issued In 1946. Book With No Wear, Gilt Brilliant Except Last Four Words In Title Which Have Oxidize…d But Are Not Worn. Dj With Standard 95 Cent Price On Rear Panel, With Light Browning, Unclipped. 1/2" Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Panel, Minute Losses At Corners. Exceptionally Well Preserved. Per Wikipedia, Stuart Chase (1888 - 1985) Was An American Economist, Social Theorist, And Writer. His Writings Covered Topics As Diverse As General Semantics And Physical Economy. His Thought Was Shaped By Henry George (1839-1897), By Economic Philosopher Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929), By Fabian Socialism, And Briefly By The Communist Social And Educational Experiments In The Soviet Union To Around 1930, Though Chase Was Broadly A Modern American Liberal. Chase Spent His Early Political Career Supporting "A Wide Range Of Reform Causes: The Single Tax, Women's Suffrage, Birth Control And Socialism." Chase's Early Books, The Tragedy Of Waste (1925) And Your Money's Worth (1927), Were Notable For Their Criticism Of Corporate Advertising And Their Advocacy Of Consumer Protection. In 1929 Chase Co-Founded Consumers' Research, A Consumer Protection Advocacy Organization. In 1932, Chase Wrote A New Deal, Which Became Identified With The Economic Programs Of American President Franklin Roosevelt. He Also Wrote A Cover Story In The New Republic, "A New Deal For America", Which Appeared Days Before Roosevelt Promised "A New Deal" In His Speech Accepting The Presidential Nomination Of The Democratic Party. Whether Roosevelt Speechwriter Samuel Rosenman Got The Phrase From Chase Is Unknown. Chase's 1938 Book The Tyranny Of Words Was An Early And Influential Popularization Of Alfred Korzybski's Theory Of General Semantics.