Selig Perlman and Wisconsin Institutionalism

Contains a number of documents that shed light on the thought of Selig Perlman, historian and interpreter of American labor history. ...Samuels is in the Department of Economics at Michigan State University. Journal of Economic Literature

• Part I. Selig Perlman and Wisconsin Institutionalism. I. Lectures By Selig Perlman on American Labor History and on Capitalism and Socialism, 1955-1956. Introduction (W.J. Samuels). Capitalism and socialism, economics 144, Spring 1955 (Notes by W.J. Samuels). Capitalism and socialism, economics 144, Spring 1955, evening meetings (Notes by W.J. Samuels). Capitalism and socialism, economics 144, Fall 1956 (Notes by A.A. Scmid). American labor history, economics 145, Fall 1956 (Notes by W.J. Samuels). Part II. Selig Perlman's Additional Chapters for His History of History of Trade Unionism. Introduction (W.J. Samuels). Renewal of the struggle for existence, 1919-1933. Under the advancing new deal, 1933-1939. "Defense" and World War II. In the decade after Roosevelt. Conclusions and inferences. In retrospect and in prospect. Part III. Correspondence of John R. Commons and Selig Perlman. Introduction (R.A. Gonce, W.J. Samuels). Correspondence of John R. Commons and Selig Perlman (R.A. Gonce, W.J. Samuels). Part IV. Domestic from Selig Perlman. Documents from Selig Perlman (R.A. Gonce, W.J. Samuels).