Towards International Government
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916. Early printing. 8vo. 216 pp. Index. Red cloth with black lettering. Fading to spine; minor wear to extremities; else a near fine copy. Item #23510
John Hobson (1858–1940) was a major British economist, social critic, and anti-imperialist whose earlier" Imperialism: A Study" (1902) profoundly influenced subsequent discussions of imperialism, including Lenin's famous critique. In Towards International Government, written during World War I, Hobson turns from the causes and economics of international conflict to the problem of constructing a durable system of international government after the war. He advocated a League of Peace with genuine powers of arbitration, conciliation, economic sanctions, and, if necessary, an international force, anticipating important elements of the League of Nations that would be established after the war. First published in 1915, this early reprint appeared while World War I was still being fought and reflects Hobson's remarkably forward-looking advocacy of international government, arbitration, collective security, and an international organization capable of preventing future wars. Its chapters address international arbitration, an international executive, economic boycott, nationality, economic opportunity, the “international mind,” democracy, and internationalism.
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