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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Scheuermann, Mona
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Subjects:
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.
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