“A companion volume to The Making of Man (No. 149), which is a compilation of the most authoritative views on anthropology, The Making of Society is its logical and necessary sequel.  In it men of such diverse opinions as Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Rousseau, Adam Smith, Mill, Darwin, Pareto, Veblen, Dewey, Strachey, Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Hitler, Mussolini and many others offer their social philosophies.  Here the lay reader can find the essential principles upon which society is organized and understand the struggle for power which today engages the thought of the entire world.”