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Written while the effects it describes were still unfolding, Mackenzie's history brings the distress before the reader.

Basic principles -- 2. Municipal socialism -- 3. Socialism and the state -- 4. Socialism and Christianity -- 5. Socialism and the worker -- 6. Socialism and the woman question -- 7. From serfdom to socialism -- 8.

This book gives an overview of Mill's philosophy, along with many biographical details. The author supplements quotations from Mill's works with his own personal recollections of the philosopher.