<i>The Principles of Political Economy</i>, first published in 1848, was one of the most important texts on the subject of economy at that time. It is broken up into five books; Production, Distribution, Exchange, Influence of the Progress of Society on Production and Influence of Government.
This text is an abridged version by J. Laurence Laughlin, used as a text book in colleges in America. (Temporary Summary, if someone would like to write a better summary, please do!)
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[*] Project Code: ZVqCjt5p
[*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): (John Stuart Mill) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill
[*]Link to title on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principles_of_Political_Economy
[*]Number of sections (files) this project will have: 56
[*]Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: No
[*]Original publication date (if known): 1848
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Business & Economics
Keywords that describe the book: political philosophy, labor, trade, capital, production, value
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losoncy wrote:Hi, could I claim sections 1, 2, and 3? Thank you, Gabi
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losoncy wrote:Hi, could I claim sections 1, 2, and 3? Thank you, Gabi
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I'd like to be credited as Gabrielle Losoncy. I'll record my 1 minute test this evening! Thanks for the welcome!
losoncy wrote:Hi, could I claim sections 1, 2, and 3? Thank you, Gabi
Hi Gabi,
Welcome to LibriVox! Sections 1, 2 and 3 are assigned to you, thank you! But, please make sure to do your one minute test first, before you record your sections. It is our way to make sure your settings are where we need them to be, and it will make your life easier if we can check those first. Here is the link with all the instructions for the test. http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Newbie_Guide_to_Recording
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I'd like to be credited as Gabrielle Losoncy. I'll record my 1 minute test this evening! Thanks for the welcome!
Hi Ann,
I was trying out the first section to read, and was puzzled by the paragraphs that are in a different setting from the main text (and that often are comments on Mill's text). Only then did I scroll up to the beginning of the text. This is actually an abridged version of Mill's treatise - abridged by and with comments by a certain American, namely J. Laurence Laughlin.
So the "indented" paragraphs are not by Mill himself, but by Laughlin. Laughlin died in 1933, so he is still safe to read for me. But it will be good to put his name at least on the catalog page and the summary, but possibly also in the Librivox disclaimer (but that's your decision of course).
How do you want us to make the distinction in the recording between text that was written by Mill and the comments by Laughlin? Do we state something like "Comment" and "End of Comment"? Of "Laughlin's comment" or something?
It will be important to make the distinction, not only just because Mill didn't write those paragraphs, but also because the comments are really written from a US perspective, while Mill wrote from the UK perspective.
lezer wrote:Could I please read:
- section 29, on credit
- section 49, on taxation
Thanks!
These sections are yours, thank Anna!
Now, for your questions. I didn't even think about this being an abridged version, so I have made a few changes. J. Laurence has been added as an author, and the PD disclaimer has been added to so that J. Laurence is mentioned. And I have added him onto the temporary project page summary and will add him to the first post when I edit it further. As far as the indented comments, I think that we should say, "Comment," and "End of Comment." That would be the cleanest way to differentiate the comments from Mr Mill's text. Thank you for pointing this out, this will make those comments more meaningful, much less confusing.