The Christian and civic economy of large towns

Author(s)

• Chalmers, Thomas

Bibliographic Information

The Christian and civic economy of large towns

Thomas Chalmers ; with a new introduction by David Gladstone

（Pioneers in social welfare, 1 . Thomas Chalmers : works on economics and social welfare）

Routledge/Thoemmes Press, 1995

• : set
• Vol. 1
• Vol. 2
• Vol. 3

Note

Reprint. Originally published: Glasgow : Printed for Chalmers & Collins , 1821-1826

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Rev Dr Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847), eminent churchman and political economist, was a keen social reformer and played an instrumental role in the voluntary principle in Scottish poor relief during the changes associated with industrialization and urbanization of the early nineteenth century. Chalmers was also pioneer of a comprehensive vision of society so organized that, in the midst of the changes of his age, it would recover a sense of individual and communal responsibility. The selections from his writings included in this set illustrate both his role as a social theorist and a practical exponent of innovative programmes of social reform.

Table of Contents

Introduction 88pp A Biographical Study of Thomas Chalmers James Dodds, 409pp An Inquiry into the Extent and Stability of National Resources [1808] 365pp The Christian and Civic Economy of Towns [1821-26] 35pp, 365pp, 408pp On Political Economy, in connection with the moral state and moral prospects of society [1832] 574pp bound with McCulloch's Review "Dr Chalmers'On Political Economy" in Edinburgh Review Vol 56 [1832] 21pp bound with The Supreme Importance of a Right Moral to a Right Economical State of the Community, with observations on a recent criticism in the Edinburgh Review [1832] 102pp Tracts on Pauperism [1833] 3 vols in one, 97pp, 78pp, 34pp bound with On the Sufficiency of the Parochial System, without a poor rate, for the right management of the poor [1841]334pp Reply to Dr Chalmers' Objections to an Improvement of the Legal Provision for the Poor in Scotland [1841] William P Alison, 56pp Dr Chalmers and the Poor Laws [1911] 247pp bound with Problems of Poverty. Selections from the Economic and Social Writings of Thomas Chalmers [1912] Edited by Henry Hunter 380pp

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• NCID: BA27169913
• ISBN:
  • 0415122082
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 3 v.
• Size: 24 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA27169301