Richard H. Tawney
b. 1880 – d. 1962 · 65 books
Biography
R. H. TAWNEY, English economist, was born in Calcutta, India, in 1880. He was educated at Rugby, and at Balliol College, Oxford. Shortly after leaving Oxford, he became a teacher of the classes for adult workers organized by the Workers Educational Association, of which he was president for sixteen years, and is now vice-president. From 1906 to 1908 he was an assistant in economics at Glasgow University, then for six years he was a teacher for tutorial classes of the Committee of Oxford University. He held a Chair of Economic History at the London School of Economics.
Tawney was a member of the British Labour Party since 1906, and served on various public bodies, including the Coal Commission (1919), the Consultative Committee of the Board of Education (1913-1931), and the University Grants Committee (1943-1946). In 1942 he spent several months in Washington as economic and sociological adviser to the British Embassy. Tawney's three best-known books. Religion and the Rise of Capitalism, The Acquisitive Society, and Equality, gained for him an international reputation. Among his other books are: The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century; Land and Labour in China; and English Economic History.
He died on 16th January 1962 at the age of 81.
Tawney was a member of the British Labour Party since 1906, and served on various public bodies, including the Coal Commission (1919), the Consultative Committee of the Board of Education (1913-1931), and the University Grants Committee (1943-1946). In 1942 he spent several months in Washington as economic and sociological adviser to the British Embassy. Tawney's three best-known books. Religion and the Rise of Capitalism, The Acquisitive Society, and Equality, gained for him an international reputation. Among his other books are: The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century; Land and Labour in China; and English Economic History.
He died on 16th January 1962 at the age of 81.
Books by Richard H. Tawney
English Economic History; Sele
English Economic History; Select Documents
Establishment of Minimum Rates
Establishment of Minimum Rates in the Tailoring Industry
La sociedad adquisitiva
Zhongguo de tu di he lao dong
Zhongguo de tu di he lao dong
The Attack and Other Papers (Socialist Classics, 3)
The American Labour movement, and other essays
Agrarian China
R. H. Tawney's Commonplace book
Wage regulation in pre-industrial England
life and struggles of william
life and struggles of william lovett
Land and labor in China
Studies in economic history; T
Studies in economic history; The collected papers of george unwin
Studies in Economic Histroy
Studies in Economic Histroy
The radical tradition: twelve
The radical tradition: twelve essays on politics, education and literature
Agrarian problem in the 16th c
Agrarian problem in the 16th century
The aquisitive society
The aquisitive society
British socialism today
British socialism today
Business & Politics under Jame
Business & Politics under James 1
Business and Politics under James I;
The W.E.A. and adult education
The W.E.A. and adult education
The Webbs in perspective
J. L. Hammond, 1872-1949
J. L. Hammond, 1872-1949
Social History and Literature
Social History and Literature
The western political traditio
The western political tradition
bwb_W8-CCX-536
bwb_W8-CCX-536
Secondary education for all
The Webbs and their work
Education - the task before us
Education - the task before us
The problem of the public scho
The problem of the public schools
Harrington's interpretation of
Harrington's interpretation of his age
The rise of the gentry, 1558-1
The rise of the gentry, 1558-1640
Why the British people fight
Why the British people fight
Some thoughts on the economics
Some thoughts on the economics of public education
The school age and exemptions
The school age and exemptions
Shina no nōgyō to kōgyō
Shina no nōgyō to kōgyō
Juvenile employment and educat
Juvenile employment and education
The condition of China
The condition of China
The conditions of China
The conditions of China
The school-leaving age and juv
The school-leaving age and juvenile unemployment
Some thoughts on education and
Some thoughts on education and the war
A memorandum on agriculture an
A memorandum on agriculture and industry in China
Studies in Economic History
Studies in Economic History
The possible cost of raising t
The possible cost of raising the school leaving age
The British labor movement
The British labor movement, (T
The British labor movement, (The Institute of politics publications, Williams college, Williamstown, Mass)
Education: The socialist polic
Education: The socialist policy
Recent thoughts on the governm
Recent thoughts on the government of industry
Syllabus of a course of classes on English social history
The acquisitive society
The Acquisitive Soiety
The Acquisitive Soiety
The sickness of an acquisitive society
The nationalization of the coa
The nationalization of the coal industry
The establishment of minimum r
The establishment of minimum rates in the tailoring industry
The establishment of minimum rates in the tailoring industry under the Trade Boards Act of 1909
Studies in the minimum wage
Studies in the minimum wage
Syllabus of a course of classes on the social and political history of the nineteenth century, part I.
The establishment of minimum rates in the chain-making industry
The establishment of minimum rates in the chain-making industry under the Trade Boards Act of 1909
Poverty as an industrial probl
Poverty as an industrial problem
Agrarian Problem in the Sixtee
Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century
The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century
Syllabus of a course of classes on economic theories
British Labour Movement
British Labour Movement
Einige Hunde
Secondary Education for All. a
Secondary Education for All. a Policy for Labour