The idea of poverty / Gertrude Himmelfarb
1984, First Edition. London : Faber. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #395152
ISBN: 0571131778
Physical description: x, 595 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes index; Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1984. Contents: Part 1, The redefinition of poverty: from moral philosophy to political economy. Part 2, Reform and dissent. Part 3, "The undiscovered country of the poor". Part 4, The fictional poor. Subjects: 1700-1899; 18th-19th centuries; Poor Political aspects Great Britain; Poor Great Britain History 18th century; Poor Great Britain History 19th century; Poverty history; Public Policy history.
Price: €14.95