The idea of poverty
Subtitle: England in the early Industrial Age
By: Gertrude Himmelfarb. --
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Knopf; Distributed by Random House
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 596
Subjects: Poor -- England -- History -- 18th century; Poor -- England -- History -- 19th century; Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 1760-1860
Description: Discusses the views of great thinkers from 1750 to 1850--including Adam Smith, Thomas Carlyle, Thomas Paine, Edmund Burke, Charles Dickens, Benjamin Disraeli, and Friedrich Engels--toward the condition of the poor in England.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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