Poverty And Political Culture: The Rhetoric Of Social Welfare In The Netherlands And France, 1815-1854 - Couverture souple

Gouda, Frances

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9053561587 ISBN 13 : 9789053561584

Editeur : Amsterdam University Press, 1995

Synopsis

Frances Gouda examines the different rhetorical approaches to poverty, charity, and social welfare embraced by intellectuals and policy-makers in the Netherlands and France in the period 1815 - 1854. She explores the different discourses in Holland and France about the revolutionary threat implicit in working-class poverty. By analysing the ways in which both politicians and social critics either embellished or criticized the unreliable statistics on poverty and criminality complied in the nineteenth century, Gouda explores the differences in Dutch and French perspectives on responsibility, the role of the church and state, and ideas about civil society.

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À propos de l?auteur

Frances Gouda is professor of history and gender studies at the Belle van Zuylen Institute at the University of Amsterdam.|Thijs Brocades Zaalberg is a PhD student at the University of Amsterdam.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Amsterdam University Press
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9053561587
• ISBN 13: 9789053561584
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
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• Personne responsable: non disponible