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1946 · 032491 — New York: The Modern Library 1934 1946. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. 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 Oxidized 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. <br/> <br/> The Modern Library (1934) hardcover