George, Henry 1839-1897
Archival location guide — where this economist’s surviving papers are held, their notable correspondents, and key published sources.
Born 1839 · died 1897
Henry George was an American political economist, social philosopher and journalist. His writing was immensely popular in 19th-century America and sparked several reform movements of the Progressive Era. He inspired the economic philosophy known as Georgism, the belief that people should own the value they produce themselves, but that the economic value of land should belong equally to all members of society. George famously argued that a single tax on land values would create a more productive and just society.
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Where the papers are held
The surviving papers of George, Henry 1839-1897 are held at New York Public Library Main Branch.
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