Frances Gouda

Poverty and Political Culture

The Rhetoric of Social Welfare in the Netherlands and France, 1815-1854

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The rise of industrial capitalism in nineteenth-century Europe brought with it new "social questions": pauperism, vagabondage, unemployment, and working-class suffering in general. Poverty and Political Culture examines the unique ways in which these two profoundly different societies negotiated those issues.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 147mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780847679348
• ISBN-10: 0847679349
• Artikelnr.: 38493486

Autorenporträt

By Frances Gouda

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Foreword by Arjo Klamer Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3
Similarity and Difference: The Debates about Poor Relief and the Logic of
Comparative History Chapter 4 Rhetorical Practices and Political Cultures:
Situating the Poor in Nineteenth-Century Society Chapter 5 "Real" Poor
People in a Harsh and Unforgiving World: Some Images, Facts, and Figures
about Poverty in the Nineteenth Century Chapter 6 Intellectuals, Public
Officials, and Economic History: Different Discourses about Agriculture,
Factories, and Capitalism Chapter 7 "The Problems of the Pioneer only
Foreshadow the Problems of the Follower": Dutch and French Interpretations
of the English Model Chapter 8 Christian Injunctions, Private Obligations,
and Public Duties: The Organization and Structure of Poor Relief Chapter 9
Edification, Employment, and Incarceration: The Content of Poor Relief
Policies Chapter 10 Epilogue