In praise of poverty : Hannah More counters Thomas Paine and the radical threat /

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In her own time and in ours, Hannah More (1745-1833) has been seen as a benefactress of the poor, writing and working selflessly to their benefit. Mona Scheuermann argues, however, that More's agenda was not simply to help the poor but to control them, for the upper classes in late eighteenth-c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scheuermann, Mona
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Temas:
More, Hannah, > 1745-1833 > Political and social views.
Paine, Thomas, > 1737-1809.
More, Hannah, > 1745-1833.
1700-1899
Conservatism > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Conservatism > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Poor > Great Britain.
Poverty > Great Britain.
Radicalism > Great Britain.
Human rights.
Human Rights
Conservatisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Conservatisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Pauvres > Grande-Bretagne.
Pauvreté > Grande-Bretagne.
Radicalisme > Grande-Bretagne.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Conservatism.
Political and social views.
Poor.
Poverty.
Radicalism.
Great Britain.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Conservative Contexts: Joseph Townsend's A Dissertation on the Poor Laws; 3 Radical Contexts: Thomas Paine's Rights of Man; 4 ""The Pen that Might Work Wonders"": The Correspondence of Hannah More; 5 Two Sides of a Question: Hannah More's Village Politics and Josiah Wedgwood's Address to the Young Inhabitants of the Pottery; 6 Social and Political Circumstances: More's Cheap Repository Tracts; 7 Economic Circumstances: More's Cheap Repository Tracts.
  • 8 Conclusion: The Power of the Printed Word: Hannah More and Mary Wollstonecraft on ReadingNotes; Index.

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