Poverty : a history
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Poverty : a history
Blackwell, 1997
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Note
"This edition first published in paperback 1997"--t.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [256]-264) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Widely regarded as one of the classics of post-war historical writing, this book shows how central the role of poverty has been throughout the history of Europe.
A history of poverty in Europe covering over 1000 years.
Translated into Italian, French, German, Spanish and Japanese.
High profile author - a leading member of solidarity and professor at the College de France.
Table of Contents
Foreword. Introduction: What is Poverty?.
1. The Middle Ages: Charity and Salvation.
2. The Disintegration of Medieval Society.
3. Reformation and Repression: the 1520s.
4. The Reform of Charity.
5. Charitable Polemics: Local Politics and Reasons of State.
6. Prisons of Enlightenment.
7. Poverty and the Contemporary World.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
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