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Title: British Socialism
An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals

Author: J. Ellis Barker

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Language: English

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BRITISH SOCIALISM

An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals

by

J. ELLIS BARKER

Author of
'Modern Germany: Her Political and Economic Problems, etc.'
'The Rise and Decline of the Netherlands'

London
Smith, Elder, & Co.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
1908

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. INTRODUCTION--WHAT IS SOCIALISM? 1

II. SOME SOCIALIST VIEWS OF PRESENT SOCIETY AND OF THE
SOCIETY OF THE FUTURE 10

III. THE GRIEVANCES OF THE SOCIALISTS 30

IV. THE FUNDAMENTAL DOCTRINES OF SOCIALISM 50

V. THE AIMS AND POLICY OF THE