The Idea of Poverty
Subtitle: England in the early Industrial Age
By: Gertrude Himmelfarb
Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: January 12, 1985
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 595
Subjects: Poor -- England -- History -- 19th century.; Poor -- England -- History -- 18th 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: Reprint. Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1983.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 535-588.