Apostles of inequality : rural poverty, political economy, and the Economist, 1760-1860
Record details
- ISBN: 9781487563547
- ISBN: 148756354X
- ISBN: 1487563558
- ISBN: 9781487563554
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Physical Description:
1 online resource.
remote - Publisher: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2022]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: The Multiplication of Wretchedness -- "The Yoke of Improvement" -- "The Enchantment of Property" -- "A Rooted Hatred between the Rich and the Poor" -- Political Economy and the Rural Poor -- Nassau Senior and the New Poor Laws -- The Economist: "The Most Elementary Truths" -- Bad Farming: The Ghost of a Dead Monopoly -- Ireland: "They Lie beyond the Pale" -- Cooked Land, Cotton, and Slavery -- Conclusion: "The Home-Civilization of the Rural English". |
Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 11, 2022). |
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Genre: | History |