In 1910 Harvard published 43 short bibliographies covering “Social Ethics and Allied Subjects”, about half of which were dedicated to particular topics in economics and economic sociology. The project was coordinated by Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, Francis G. Peabody.
Taxation is the “allied subject” covered in the bibliography provided by Professor Charles J. Bullock and transcribed below along with links to digital copies of the items found at archive.org, hathitrust.org, as well as at other on-line archives.
Previously posted bibliographies from “Social Ethics and Allied Subjects”:
Economic Theory by Professor Frank Taussig.
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From the Prefatory Note:
The present list represents an attempt to make this connection between the teaching of the University and a need of the modern world. Each compiler has had in mind, not a superficial reader, nor yet a learned scholar, but an intelligent and serious-minded student, who is willing to read substantial literature if it be commended to him as worth his while and is neither too voluminous nor too inaccessible. To such an inquirer each editor makes suggestions concerning the contents, spirit or doctrine of a book, not attempting a complete description or a final judgment, but as though answering the preliminary question of a student, “What kind of book is this?” The plan thus depends for its usefulness on the competency of the editors concerned, and each editor assumes responsibility for the section to which his name is prefixed.
Source: Prefatory Note by Francis G. Peabody. A Guide to Reading in Social Ethics and Allied Subjects, Lists of Books and Articles Selected and Described for the Use of General Readers. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University, 1910, p. vi.
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II. 3. TAXATION
Charles J. Bullock
Treats of the principles of taxation and of national and local taxation in the United States.
The International Tax Association, Columbus, Ohio. Valuable collections of papers by recognized experts on current problems in American taxation.
[First National Conference (1907); Second International Conference (1908); Third International Conference (1909); Fourth International Conference (1910)]
Particularly valuable for its treatment of European tax systems and useful for its discussion of the principles of taxation.
Contains selections from a considerable number of works on finance and taxation.
A pioneer work in American taxation, based upon the author’s investigations as member of the Maryland Tax Commission.
A brief and interesting presentation of single-tax doctrine by a successful man of affairs.
A valuable history of the internal taxes levied by our federal government.
Valuable on the critical rather than the constructive side.
The chapters of the fifth book that deal with taxation are worthy of careful study.
Has special reference to English conditions, but treats of the taxation of the liquor trade in the United States.
Contains important essays upon the general property tax, corporation taxes, the inheritance tax, betterment taxes, etc.
A valuable critical survey of theories, ancient and modern; considers also the legislation of various countries.
An able and authoritative exposition of single-tax doctrine by a disciple of Henry George.
The second chapter of the fifth book of the “Wealth of Nations” should be read by every student of taxation.
A careful study of a vexed problem of great importance in the United States.
Important for its discussion of federal taxation and the working of the general property tax in the United States.
An exhaustive study of inheritance taxation in both its theoretical and practical aspects.
Useful for its discussion of the different theories of just taxation.
Source: Teachers in Harvard University, A Guide to Reading in Social Ethics and Allied Subjects, Lists of Books and Articles Selected and Described for the Use of General Readers. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University, 1910, pp. 54-56.
Image Source: Charles J. Bullock in Harvard Album 1915.