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The Intelligent Woman's Guide
Bernard Shaw
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Description for The Intelligent Woman's Guide
Paperback. Published in 1928 when Shaw was seventy-two, this book draws on decades of political activity and remains one of his brilliant exercises in propaganda. It contains a foreword by Polly Toynbee. Ramsay MacDonald, Labour leader, hailed the work as the world's most important book since the Bible Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 452. Published in 1928 when Shaw was seventy-two, this book draws on decades of political activity and remains one of his brilliant exercises in propaganda. It contains a foreword by Polly Toynbee. Ramsay MacDonald, Labour leader, hailed the work as the world's most important book since the Bible Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 452.
The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism, Capitalism, Sovietism, and Fascism As a lifelong socialist, Shaw believed that economic inequality was a poison destroying every aspect of human life, perverting family affections and the relations between the sexes. According to him, all British institutions were corrupted at the root by pecuniary interest - and idealism, integrity and any piecemeal attempts at political reform were futile in the face of the gross injustice built into the Empire's economic system. Begun in 1924 - the year of the British Labour Party's first period of office ... Read more
The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism, Capitalism, Sovietism, and Fascism As a lifelong socialist, Shaw believed that economic inequality was a poison destroying every aspect of human life, perverting family affections and the relations between the sexes. According to him, all British institutions were corrupted at the root by pecuniary interest - and idealism, integrity and any piecemeal attempts at political reform were futile in the face of the gross injustice built into the Empire's economic system. Begun in 1924 - the year of the British Labour Party's first period of office ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Alma Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
Richmond, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847493330
SKU
9781847493330
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Ref
99-2
About Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) a Nobel Prizewinning Irish playwright and critic, as well as an ardent socialist and tireless activist for the working class.
Reviews for The Intelligent Woman's Guide
The playwright's passionate and indignant guide for women, which tells how social injustice destroys lives, suddenly looks remarkably fresh.
Polly Toynbee
The Guardian
He did his best in redressing the fateful unbalance between truth and reality, in lifting mankind to a higher rung of social maturity. He often pointed a scornful finger at human frailty, but his ... Read more
Polly Toynbee
The Guardian
He did his best in redressing the fateful unbalance between truth and reality, in lifting mankind to a higher rung of social maturity. He often pointed a scornful finger at human frailty, but his ... Read more