Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft.

Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck),, 1921-22. One of the classics of modern social science First edition of Weber's landmark work, issued as volume three of the series Grundriss der Sozialökonomik, here in the scarce parts issue - it was also issued in a stout single volume in blue cloth. Weber's Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft ranks among the classics of modern social science, in which he provided a more secure foundation for sociology and history by specifying the meaning of ideas and concepts that were widely in use at the time. "In Weber's major unfinished theoretical work, Economy and Society (1922)... the work is structured around the antithesis between 'traditional' and 'rationalized' forms of action and organization in all spheres of social life and the transition between the two provides the key to the Weberian theory of modernization." (David Beetham in The New Palgrave). Four parts, quarto. Original printed paper wrappers. Hosed in a custom blue buckram box. Fore edge of front wrapper to part I a little chipped, front wrapper to part III creased; very occasional pencil underlining or side-ruling; a very good copy rare in this condition. IESS (1922a). Eatwell, Millgate and Newman, eds, The New Palgrave - A Dictionary of Economics, 1987.