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Himmelfarb, Gertrude

The de-moralization of society : from Victorian virtues to modern values / Demoralization of society Gertrude Himmelfarb - 1st ed - New York : A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1995 - x, 314 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-306) and index

Manners and morals -- Household gods and goddesses -- Feminism, Victorian style -- "The mischievous ambiguity of the word poor" -- "Gain all you can ... give all you can" -- The jew as Victorian -- The new women and the new men

Gertrude Himmelfarb, like so many Americans, is appalled by crime, drug addiction, illiteracy, juvenile delinquency, illegitimacy and welfare dependency. The solution she proposes, in this follow-up to her much-praised On Looking into the Abyss, is as simple as it is radical - and has the further advantage of solid historical substantiation. We must look back on the Victorians with open minds; they must cease to irk us. And then, Himmelfarb hopes, we can begin to learn from them

ISBN: 0679438173 9780679438175 0255363591 9780255363594 0679764909 9780679764908

LCCN: 94012365

Nat. Bib. No.: GB9524329 bnb

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social values--United States
Social values--England

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Moral conditions
England--Moral conditions
United States--Social conditions
England--Social conditions

LC Class. No.: HN59.2 / .H56 1995

Dewey Class. No.: ARCH FRBC 303.372 H658D

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 303.372 H658d