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The Rise of Dennis Hathnaught: Life of the Common People Across the Ages as Set Down in the Great Books of the World
by MACCARTHY, James Philip
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Brooklyn: Writers' Publishing Co, [1915]. First Edition of 1,000 Printed in September, 1915," octavo (19.25cm.); original brown cloth double ruled and printed in dark brown, all edges speckled blue; [10],240,[4](ads)pp. Fine. A popular history of the laboring class, here personified in the figure of "Dennis Hathnaught." Composed by MacCarthy in order that the reader, presumably of the working class, "may be taught to judge more intelligently of his own time and its problems if he has some idea of past times and their institutions." The history begins with "Dennis Hathnaught's Lowly Origin; His Biological Ancestry; Primitive Man; Ancient Contempt for Labour, Effects of Evolution and Suggestion of Human Progress," and proceeds through the various eras of English-speaking Hathnaughts, starting with the Saxons, and progressing through the Middle Ages, 16th and 17th century England, and the Industrial Revolution. Interspersed with chapters on "Fritz Hathnaught," "Jacques Bonhomme," and the "Slavic Hathnaughts, Ivan and Michael.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22077
- Title
- The Rise of Dennis Hathnaught: Life of the Common People Across the Ages as Set Down in the Great Books of the World
- Author
- MACCARTHY, James Philip
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Writers' Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- Brooklyn
- Date Published
- [1915]
- Bookseller catalogs
- Socialism; Labor History; Social History; Utopian Thought;
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