In Praise of Poverty by Scheuermann, Mona

In Praise of Poverty (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780813122229)

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In Praise of Poverty by Scheuermann, Mona

In Praise of Poverty

$40.00
In Praise of Poverty by Scheuermann, Mona

In Praise of Poverty

$40.00
Format: Hardcover
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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-century England were terrified that the poor would rise in revolt against Church and King. As much social history as literary study, In Praise of Poverty shows that More's writing to the poor specifically

Author: Mona Scheuermann
ISBN-10: 0813122228
ISBN-13: 9780813122229
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 04/26/2002
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 9.38h x 6.24w x 0.98d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2002 pg. 101

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