THE ROAD TO SERFDOM. Text And Documents ~ The Defiitive Edition

Hayek, F.A.

ISBN 10: 0226320553 / ISBN 13: 9780226320557

Published by Chicago IL. 2007. Univ. Of Chicago Press, 2007

b&w photo illustrated trade paperback soft cover 8vo. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. spine uncreased. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. first printing of this softcover edition (#1 in # line). nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc~. 6 appendices. index. world history. politics. economics. socialism. collectivism. bismarck. houston stewart chamberlain. capitalism. max eastman. fabians. fascism. communism. germany. anti~semitism. hanse towns. heinrich heine. reinhard heydrich. heinrich himmler. adolph hitler. hitlerism. kulaks. individualism. karl marx. marxism.monopoly. planned economy. ezra pound. novalis. prussianism. oswald spengler. totalitarianism. h g wells. beatrice webb. sidney webb. war. woodrow wilson ~AN UNIMPEACHABLE CLASSIC WORK in political philosophy, intellectual and cultural history, and economics, The Road to Serfdom has inspired and infuriated politicians, scholars, and general readers for half a century. Originally published in 1944, The Road to Serfdom was seen as heretical for its passionate warning against the dangers of state control over the means of production. For F. A. Hayek, the collectivist idea of empowering government with increasing economic control would lead not to a utopia but to the horrors of Nazi Germany and fascist Italy. But over the past sixty years, The Road to Serfdom has established itself alongside the works of Alexis de Tocqueville, John Stuart Mill, and George Orwell for its timeless meditation on the relation between individual liberty and government authority. With this new edition, The Road to Serfdom takes its place in the series the Collected Works of F. A. Hayek. The volume includes an introduction by series editor and leading Hayek scholar Bruce Caldwell explaining the book's origins and publishing history and assessing common misinterpretations of Hayek's thought. Caldwell has also standardized and corrected Hayek's references and added helpful new explanatory notes. Supplemented with an appendix of related materials ranging from prepublication reports on the initial manuscript to forewords to earlier editions by John Chamberlain, Milton Friedman, and Hayek himself, this new edition of The Road to Serfdom will be the definitive version of Friedrich Hayek's enduring masterwork. F. A. HAYEK (1899~1992), cowinner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1974 and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1991, was a pioneer in monetary theory and the principal proponent of libertarianism in the twentieth century. "One of the most important books of our generation . It is an arresting call to all well~intentioned planners and socialists, to all those who are sincere democrats and liberals at heart to stop, look and listen.". Seller Inventory # 10272501

Synopsis:

An unimpeachable classic work in political philosophy, intellectual and cultural history, and economics, The Road to Serfdom has inspired and infuriated politicians, scholars, and general readers for half a century. Originally published in 1944—when Eleanor Roosevelt supported the efforts of Stalin, and Albert Einstein subscribed lock, stock, and barrel to the socialist program—The Road to Serfdom was seen as heretical for its passionate warning against the dangers of state control over the means of production. For F. A. Hayek, the collectivist idea of empowering government with increasing economic control would lead not to a utopia but to the horrors of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.

First published by the University of Chicago Press on September 18, 1944, The Road to Serfdom garnered immediate, widespread attention. The first printing of 2,000 copies was exhausted instantly, and within six months more than 30,000 books were sold. In April 1945, Reader’s Digest published a condensed version of the book, and soon thereafter the Book-of-the-Month Club distributed this edition to more than 600,000 readers. A perennial best seller, the book has sold 400,000 copies in the United States alone and has been translated into more than twenty languages, along the way becoming one of the most important and influential books of the century.

With this new edition, The Road to Serfdom takes its place in the series The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek. The volume includes a foreword by series editor and leading Hayek scholar Bruce Caldwell explaining the book's origins and publishing history and assessing common misinterpretations of Hayek's thought. Caldwell has also standardized and corrected Hayek's references and added helpful new explanatory notes. Supplemented with an appendix of related materials ranging from prepublication reports on the initial manuscript to forewords to earlier editions by John Chamberlain, Milton Friedman, and Hayek himself, this new edition of The Road to Serfdom will be the definitive version of Hayek's enduring masterwork.

About the Authors:

F. A. Hayek (1899–1992), recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1991 and co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1974, was a pioneer in monetary theory and a leading proponent of classical liberalism in the twentieth century. He taught at the University of Vienna, University of London, University of Chicago, and University of Freiburg.

Bruce Caldwell is research professor of economics and the director of the Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University. He is the general editor of the Collected Works of F. A. Hayek series, also published by the University of Chicago Press. 

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE ROAD TO SERFDOM. Text And Documents ~ ...
Publisher: Chicago IL. 2007. Univ. Of Chicago Press
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: As New
Edition: 1st Edition