Poverty and Compassion: The Moral Imagination of the Late Victorians - Hardcover

Himmelfarb, Gertrude

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679401199 ISBN 13: 9780679401193

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1991

Synopsis

Examines the work and thought of reformers, social critics, and philanthropists in late-nineteenth-century England to provide insights into how poverty was regarded

About this title

Review:

"A monumental achievement. "--Wall Street Journal

About the Author:

Gertrude Himmelfarb taught for 23 years at Brooklyn College and the Graduate School of the City University of New York, where she was named distinguished professor of history in 1978. Now professor emeritus, she lives with her husband, Irving Kristol, in Washington, DC. Her books include The De-Moralization of Society: From Victorian Virtues to Modern Values; On Looking into the Abyss: Untimely Thoughts on Culture and Society; Poverty and Compassion: The Moral Imagination of the Late Victorians; The New History and the Old; Marriage and Morals Among the Victorians; The Idea of Poverty: England in the Early Industrial Age; On Liberty and Liberalism: The Case of John Stuart Mill; Victorian Minds (nominated for a National Book Award); Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution; and Lord Acton: A Study in Conscience and Politics.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0679401199
• ISBN 13: 9780679401193
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1