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The de-moralization of society : from Victorian virtues to modern values / Gertrude Himmelfarb

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1995Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 314 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0679438173
  • 9780679438175
  • 0255363591
  • 9780255363594
  • 0679764909
  • 9780679764908
Other title:
  • Demoralization of society
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: De-moralization of society.DDC classification:
  • ARCH FRBC 303.372 H658D 20
LOC classification:
  • HN59.2 .H56 1995
NLM classification:
  • 303.372 H658d
Contents:
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
Summary: 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
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Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Frykenberg Collection ARCH FRBC 303.372 H658D (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 066609

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

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