The idea of poverty: England in the early industrial age
Gertrude Himmelfarb
One must have some knowledge of a society's conception of poverty in order to understand the existence of differing methods of poor relief over time and place. In The Idea of Poverty, Gertrude Himmelfarb presents a detailed account of England's poverty problem during the years 1750 to 1850 as seen by contemporary English economists, politicians, journalists, and novelists. She attempts to determine why the image of poverty, and of the poor, changed over those years and how the popular image of the poor influenced society's methods of relieving poverty. The result is a book that anyone concerned with the problem of poverty, either in current or past times, will find both interesting and useful. Review By George R. Boyer Cornell University
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Year:
1985
Edition:
1
Publisher:
Vintage
Language:
english
Pages:
595
ISBN 10:
0394726073
ISBN 13:
9780394726076
File:
DJVU, 5.88 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1985
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