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MEMOIR ON PAUPERISM: Does Public Charity Produce an Idle and Dependent Class of Society?
MEMOIR ON PAUPERISM Does Public Charity Produce an Idle and Dependent Class of Society
Author: Alexis De Tocqueville
[L]egal charity has not only taken freedom of movement from the English poor but also from those who are threatened by poverty. -from "Memoir on Pauperism" Inspired by a trip to England at a time when that nation was in the throes of political, social, and economic strife and poverty was rampant, political philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville deve...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781596053632
ISBN-10: 1596053631
Publication Date: 2/1/2006
Pages: 48
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Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Book Type: Paperback
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