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George, Henry, 1839-1897 Progress and Poverty: An inquiry into the cause of Industrial Depressions....

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06201 Author/Creator: George, Henry, 1839-1897 Place Written: New York Type: Book signed Date: 1879 Pagination: 512 p. : Height: 22.3 cm, Width: 15.5 cm Order a Copy

[Title continued] "...and of increase of want with increase of wealth - the remedy." Advance publication, with typed advertisement for book laid-in. Inscribed on free front endpaper to Mary A. Wilbur.

Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
Economics
Finance
Poverty
Industry
The Gilded Age

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