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HUMAN WORK

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HUMAN WORK

CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN

NEW YORK

McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.

MCMIV

Copyright, 1904, by McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.

Published, May, 1904, N

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE I. INTRODUCTORY 5

II. MAN AS A FACTOR IN SOCIAL EVOLUTION 19

III. CONCEPT AND CONDUCT 37

IV. SOME FALSE CONCEPTS 59

V. THE NATURE OF SOCIETY (I) 79

VI. THE NATURE OF SOCIETY (II) 99

VII. THE SOCIAL SOUL 125

VIII. THE SOCIAL BODY 157

IX. THE NATURE OF WORK (I) 179

X. THE NATURE OF WORK (II) 203

XI. SPECIALISATION 227

XII. PRODUCTION 249

XIII. DISTRIBUTION 275

XIV. CONSUMPTION (I) 299

XV. CONSUMPTION (II) 321