Project Gutenberg 2016-09-15 Public domain in the USA. 52 Ghent, William J. (William James) 1866 1942 Ghent, William James Ghent, W. J. (William James) 02026876 Our Benevolent Feudalism Reading ease score: 57.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Utopias and other forecasts -- Combination and coalescence -- Our magnates -- Our famers and wage-earners -- Our makers of law -- Our moulders of opinion -- General social changes -- Transition and fulfilment. E-text prepared by Craig Kirkwood and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (https://archive.org/details/americana) "Our Benevolent Feudalism" by William J. Ghent is a social and economic critique written in the early 20th century. The book explores the modern societal structure, likening it to a new form of feudalism where industrial magnates hold power over the working class. The author discusses the implications of this system on various social classes, such as farmers and wage-earners, emphasizing the struggles inherent in their subordination and dependence on the wealthy elite. At the start of the text, Ghent introduces the concept of societal transformation, referencing historical perspectives on social ideals and predictions for the future. He critiques various forecasts of societal evolution, highlighting a shift towards great industrial combinations that concentrate power and wealth among a few—essentially a new feudal order in which common laborers face increasing dependency on the magnates. The opening portion sets the stage for a thorough examination of how this neofeudalism affects various segments of society, including the limitations imposed on farmers and wage earners by industrial consolidation and economic regulations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Working class -- United States United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918 Trusts, Industrial United States -- Economic conditions -- 1865-1918 HN Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Economics Browsing: History - American Browsing: Sociology 401757 401608 2024-10-22T06:23:48.068977 2023-09-23T04:42:27.484058 text/html text/html 396480 2016-09-14T21:11:27 text/html 185667 2016-09-14T21:14:48 text/html application/zip 219636 2024-10-22T06:23:54.846972 application/epub+zip 218559 2024-10-22T06:23:49.241988 application/epub+zip 215978 2024-10-22T06:23:48.642999 application/epub+zip 322025 2024-10-22T06:23:59.098984 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 285283 2024-10-22T06:23:54.112984 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 283159 2022-09-24T04:56:37.260015 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 342302 342097 2024-10-22T06:23:47.328019 2023-09-23T04:42:26.638022 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 342273 2020-06-13T23:00:32 text/plain; charset=utf-8 130107 2020-06-13T23:00:32 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 20864 2024-10-22T06:23:59.256924 application/rdf+xml 14542 2024-10-22T06:23:48.752994 image/jpeg 2085 2024-10-22T06:23:48.697981 image/jpeg 188644 2024-10-22T06:23:48.103988 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog