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Rand School Press

Defunct

The press of the Rand School of Social Science, the workers' school founded in New York in 1906 by the Socialist Party of America, which published socialist textbooks, Scott Nearing's lectures, the American Labor Year Book and pamphlets until the school closed in 1956.

Years
1906–1956
Location
New York, United States
Also known as
Rand School of Social Science · Rand Book Store
Affiliation
Socialist Party of America
Languages
English
Authority records
Wikidata · VIAF · Library of Congress · ISNI
Sources
Wikipedia — Rand School of Social Science

Backlist

140190019101920193019401950Founded 1906Closed 19561914: 2 titles1915: 3 titles1916: 8 titles1917: 6 titles1918: 10 titles1919: 14 titles1920: 10 titles1921: 5 titles1923: 1 title1924: 3 titles1925: 3 titles1928: 3 titles1931: 3 titles1932: 5 titles1933: 5 titles1934: 8 titles1935: 5 titles1936: 6 titles1937: 2 titles1938: 2 titles1939: 2 titles1940: 3 titles1941: 3 titles1943: 8 titles1946: 3 titles1947: 1 title1949: 1 title1953: 1 title
Titles of Rand School Press by year: 126 dated titles, 1914–1953, most in 1919 (14). Lines mark founded 1906 and closed 1956.
The figures by decade
DecadeTitles
1910s43
1920s25
1930s38
1940s19
1950s1
YearTitleAuthor(s)Language
1914A Study Course in Socialism✓FreeAlgernon LeeEnglish
1914Elements of Socialism✓ — Twelve LessonsAnna A. MaleyEnglish
1915Must We Arm?✓Free — A Debate on the Question: Resolved, That the Security of the Nation Requires an Increase of the Military Force of the United StatesAugustus Peabody GardnerEnglish
1915Must We Arm? ... April 2, 1915✓Augustus Peabody Gardner & Morris HillquitEnglish
1915Must We Arm? A Debate on the Question✓Free — Resolved, That the Security of the Nation Requires an Increase of the Military Force of the United States, Held in Carnegie Hall, New York, April 2, 1915, Under the Auspices of the Rand School of Social ScienceAugustus Peabody GardnerEnglish
1916From Fireside to Factory✓
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Women: Transnational Networks
Meta LilienthalEnglish
1916Must We Arm?✓Free — A Debate on the Question: Resolved, That the Security of the Nation Requires an Increase of the Military Force of the United States; Held in Carnegie Hall, New York, April 2, L915 Under the Auspices of the Rand School of Social ScienceAugustus P. GardnerEnglish
1916Should Socialism Prevail✓ — A Debate Held October 21, 1915, Brooklyn, New York, Under the Auspices of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Subject:--Resolved, That Socialism Ought to Prevail in the United States. Affirmative: Professor Scott Nearing, Mr. Morris Hillquit; Negative: Rev. Dr. John L. Belford, Professor Frederick M. Davenport; J. Herbert Lowe, ChairmanScott Nearing & William M. FeigenbaumEnglish
1916Should Socialism Prevail? A Debate Held October 21, 1915, Brooklyn, New York, Under the Auspices of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Subject✓Free — - Resolved, That Socialism Ought to Prevail in the United States. Affirmative—English
1916The American Labor Year Book✓Free — Political Issues Facing American Labor by the Labor Research Department of the Rand School of Social ScienceRand School of Social Science. Dept. of Labor Research & Alexander TrachtenbergEnglish
1916The American Labor Year Book, 1916-—Not recorded
1916The American Labor Yearbook✓—English
1916Women of the Future✓
The Gerritsen Collection - Women`s History Online
Meta LilienthalEnglish
1917Pamphlets✓FreeScott NearingEnglish
1917Socialism Summed Up✓FreeMorris HillquitEnglish
1917The American Socialists and the War✓ — A Documentary History of the Attitude of the Socialist Party Toward War and Militarism Since the Outbreak of the Great War
Harvard College Library Pamphlet Digitization Program
Alexander Trachtenberg & Morris HillquitEnglish
1917The Coal Question✓ — Some Reasons Why It Is Pressing and Some Suggestions for Solving ItScott NearingNot recorded
1917The Great Madness✓Free — A Victory for the American PlutocracyScott NearingEnglish
1917Work and Pay✓FreeScott NearingEnglish
1918Address to the Jury✓ — The Speech [I.e. Speech] Before the Jury When Charged with a Violation of the Espionage ActScott NearingEnglish
1918Food and the People✓Free — The Problem of the High Cost of Living in the New York LegislatureLouis WaldmanEnglish
1918Public Ownership Throughout the World✓Free — A Survey of the Extent of Government Control and OperationHarry Wellington Laidler & Harry W. LaidlerEnglish
1918Scott Nearing's Address to the Jury✓ — The Speech [Sic] Before the Jury When Charged with a Violation of the Espionage Act
20th-century Legal Treatises -- Fiche 33,707
Scott NearingEnglish
1918Socialism✓FreeDavid P. BerenbergEnglish
1918The American Labor Year Book, 1917-18✓Alexander TrachtenbergEnglish
1918The Coal Question✓Free — Some Reasons Why It Is Pressing and Some Suggestions for Solving ItScott NearingEnglish
1918The Socialists in the New York Assembly✓Free — The Work of Ten Socialist Members During the Legislative Session of 1918August ClaessensEnglish
1918The Socialists in the New York Board of Aldermen✓ — A Record of Six Months' ActivityEvans ClarkEnglish
1918The Soviets at Work✓Free — The International Position of the Russian Soviet Republic and the Fundamental Problems of the Socialist RevolutionVladimir Ilʹič LeninEnglish
1919Labor and the League of Nations✓FreeScott NearingEnglish
1919Labor and the League of Nations, by Scott Nearing, with the Full Text of the Revised Covenant of the League of Nations✓FreeScott NearingEnglish
1919Labor and the League of Nations. With the Full Text of the Revised Covenant of the League of Nations✓Scott NearingEnglish
1919Manifesto of the Communist Party✓FreeKarl MarxEnglish
1919Manifesto of the Communist Party, by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Authorized English Translation✓Free — Ed. and Annotated by Friedrich EngelsKarl MarxEnglish
1919Memoirs of the Russian Revolution✓FreeIU LomonosovEnglish
1919Russia and Germany at Brest-Litovsk✓Free — A Documentary History of the Peace NegotiationsJudah Leon MagnesEnglish
1919The Bolsheviks and the Soviets✓ — The Present Government of Russia, What the Soviets Have Done ...
Pamphlet -- 4
Albert Rhys WilliamsEnglish
1919The Case of the Rand School✓Free — Contents: Manifesto—English
1919The Debs Decision✓FreeScott NearingEnglish
1919The Debs Decision, by Scott Nearing✓FreeScott NearingEnglish
1919The Human Element in Economics✓Free — Twelve LessonsRand School of Social Science. Correspondence DeptEnglish
1919The Soviets at Work✓Free — The International Position of the Russian Soviet Republic and the Fundamental Problems of the Socialist RevolutionVladimir Il’ich LeninEnglish
1919The Trial of Scott Nearing and the American Socialist Society✓Free — Presiding Judge: Julius M. Mayer; Attorneys - For the Government: Earl B. Barnes; for the Defence: Seymour Stedman ..., S. John Block ..., Walter Nelles ..., I. M. Sackin ... United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, New York City, February 5th to 19th, 1919Scott NearingEnglish
1920A History of Imperialism✓FreeIrwin St. John TuckerEnglish
1920Europe and the Next War✓Free
Dubl. Rand School of Social Science
Scott NearingEnglish
1920Europe in Revolution✓Free — A LetterScott NearingEnglish
1920Facts and Fabrications About Soviet Russia✓Evans ClarkEnglish
1920Present-Day SocialismMorris HillquitEnglish
1920The Albany "Trial"✓FreeCharles SolomonEnglish
1920The One Big Union of Business✓FreeScott NearingEnglish
1920The One Big Union of Business, by Scott Nearing✓FreeScott NearingEnglish
1920The Salaried Man✓Free — The Story, in Two Episodes, of an Every-Day Person—English
1920Trade Unions in Soviet Russia. A Collection of Russian Trade Union Documents Comp. By the I.L.P. Information Committee and the International Section of the Labour Research Department✓FreeI.L.P. Information CommitteeEnglish
1921Pamphlets✓FreeScott NearingEnglish
1921The American Empire✓FreeScott NearingEnglish
1921The Logic of Socialism✓FreeAugust ClaessensEnglish
1921The Logic of Socialism, by August Claessens✓FreeAugust ClaessensEnglish
1921The Workers in American History✓FreeJames OnealEnglish
1923The Rand School of Social Science, Bulletin for 1922-'23Rand School StaffEnglish
1924How to Be Free and Happy✓Bertrand RussellNot recorded
1924The American Labor Year Book✓—English
1924The American Labor Year Book, 1923-1924✓Rand School of Social Science. Department of Labor ResearchEnglish
1925American Labor Press Directory ...✓Free
The Bibliography of Socialism; 29
Department of Rand School of Social Science. Labor ResearchEnglish
1925American Labor Press Directory, by the Labor Research Department of the Rand School of Social Science✓Free—English
1925Basic Principles of Scientific Socialism✓A. S. SachsNot recorded
1928Labor and Farmer Parties in the United States, 1828-1928✓FreeNathan FineEnglish
1928Labor and Farmer Parties in the United States, 1828-1928, by Nathan Fine✓FreeNathan FineEnglish
1928Wages in the United States✓Anna RochesterEnglish
1931A Workers' World✓David P. BerenbergEnglish
1931Bolshevism at a Deadlock✓Karl KautskyEnglish
1931Bolshevism at a Deadlock by Karl Kautsky, Translated by B. Pritchard✓Karl KautskyEnglish
1932A Manual for Trade Union Speakers✓ — A Brief Text Book on the Technique of Public SpeakingAugust ClaessensEnglish
1932Essentials of Socialism✓Free — A Brief Exposition of the Principal Elements of Modern Socialism
Harvard College Library Pamphlet Digitization Program
August ClaessensEnglish
1932Should the American Workers Form a Political Party of Their Own?✓ — A DebateMorris Hillquit, Matthew Woll & Baruch Charney VladeckEnglish
1932Socialist Fundamentals✓David P. BerenbergEnglish
1932The Collapse of the Seabury Investigation✓FreeNathan Fine & Socialist Party (U.S.). New YorkEnglish
1933A Manual for Socialist Speakers✓ — A Brief Text Book on the Technique of Public Speaking and Socialist Propaganda MeetingsAugust ClaessensEnglish
1933Socialism for America✓Jacob PankenEnglish
1933Swastika over Germany✓Alexander S. LipsettEnglish
1933The United Front✓FreeAugust TylerEnglish
1933The United Front, by August Tyler✓FreeAugust TylerEnglish
1934A Workers' World✓David Paul BerenbergEnglish
1934America at the Crossroads✓David Paul BerenbergEnglish
1934America at the Crosswords✓David P. BerenbergEnglish
1934Democracy and Revolution✓Friedrich Wolfgang AdlerEnglish
1934Loose Leaves from a Busy Life✓Morris HillquitEnglish
1934Social Attitudes Towards War and Peace✓August ClaessensEnglish
1934The Austrian Civil War✓James OnealEnglish
1934We the People✓Free — By David P. BerenbergDavid Paul BerenbergEnglish
1935Lawless Judges✓FreeGoldberg, Louis P. b. 1888English
1935Rebel Song Book, Eighty-Seven Socialist and Labor Songs for Voice and Piano✓Samuel H. FriedmanEnglish
1935Socialism for America✓Jacob PankenEnglish
1935Socialism Versus Bolshevism✓FreeJames OnealEnglish
1935Socialist Fundamentals✓FreeDavid P. BerenbergEnglish
1936A Labor Party Versus Fascism✓ — Exposing the Bankruptcy of FascismHerbert Stanley MorrisonEnglish
1936A Manual for Trade Union Speakers✓ — A Brief Text Book on Public SpeakingAugust Claessens & International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Educational DeptEnglish
1936A Manual for Trade Union Speakers, by August Claessens ... a Brief Text Book on Public Speaking✓
Twentieth Century Advice Literature
August ClaessensEnglish
1936An American Labor Party✓ — An InterpretationJames OnealEnglish
1936An Easy Outline of Modern Socialism✓Herbert S. MorrisonEnglish
1936The a B C of Parliamentary Law
The Rand School Labor Series
August Claessens & Rebecca J. (Rebecca Jarvis) ScottEnglish
1937Letter of an Old Bolshevik — The Key to the Moscow TrialsY. Z.English
1937What Organized Labor Wants✓ — A Popular Description of Trade Union Philosophy, Economics and IdealsAugust ClaessensEnglish
1938It Can Be Done✓ — The AutobiographyJames Hudson MaurerEnglish
1938Terror in Russia?✓ — Two ViewsUpton SinclairEnglish
1939100 Questions to the Communists✓Stephen NaftEnglish
1939Debate✓ — Should the United States Keep Out of Anti-Fascist War?Harry Elmer BarnesEnglish
1940An Easy Outline of Modern Socialism✓Herbert MorrisonEnglish
1940Stalin's Fifth Column on Broadway✓Free — A Cue to Theatre PeopleLouis SchafferEnglish
1940The Democratic Way of Life✓August ClaessensEnglish
1941A Letter to Americans✓FreeMax EastmanEnglish
1941An Appeal to Reason✓FreeFrederick ShulmanEnglish
1941War Aims, Peace Terms, and the World After the War✓Free — A Joint Declaration by Democratic Socialists of Several Nationalities—English
1943Germany✓ — To Be or Not to Be?Gerhart Seger & Siegfried MarckEnglish
1943Identité originelle et séparation graduelle du judaïsme et du christianisme✓
Tradition française
Ernest RenanFrench
1943Israël et l'antisémitisme✓
Tradition française
Anatole Leroy-BeaulieuFrench
1943L'Israël et l'antisémitisme✓ — (Avant-propos de Lucien Romier)
"Tradition Française"
Anatole Leroy-BeaulieuFrench
1943Le judaïsme comme race et comme religion✓
Tradition française
Ernest RenanFrench
1943Race Prejudice✓ — A Description of the Various Factors in Racial Animosities, Discriminations, and Conflicts, and the Conditions Under Which These Antagonisms Are Increased or EliminatedAugust ClaessensEnglish
1943Tradition française✓Ernest RenanFrench
1943Tradition Française✓—English
1946Essentials of Marx✓ — The Communist ManifestoKarl MarxEnglish
1946Social Democracy Versus Communism✓FreeKarl KautskyEnglish
1946What Do You Know About British Labor?FreeShub, David, 1887-1973. Alexander, Robert J. 1918- . Attlee, ClementEnglish
1947The Taft-Hartley Law✓Free — How It Affects Unions and Workers. Based on a Study of the Text of the Law and the Congressional Debates Preceding Its PassageDavid Irving AsheEnglish
1949Truth and Myth About America✓James Thomas FarrellEnglish
1953Didn't We Have Fun!✓ — Stories Out of a Long, Fruitful, and Merry LifeAugust ClaessensEnglish