Land economics,

by Richard T. Ely

Land Economics. This vintage text deals with the utilization of land by man, and more specifically with the relations of man to man arising out of the relations of man to natural resources. It looks at land use within its three frameworks; the physical, the institutional, and the economic.

512 pages, Unknown Binding

Published January 1, 1941

About the author

Richard Theodore Ely was American economist, author, and leader of the Progressive movement who called for more government intervention in order to reform what they perceived as the injustices of capitalism, especially regarding factory conditions, compulsory education, child labor, and labor unions. Ely is best remembered as a founder and the first Secretary of the American Economic Association, as a founder and secretary of the Christian Social Union, and as the author of a series of widely read books on the organized labor movement, socialism, and other social questions.