TY  - BOOK
AU  - Himmelfarb,Gertrude
TI  - The de-moralization of society: from Victorian virtues to modern values 
SN  - 0679438173
AV  - HN59.2 .H56 1995
U1  - ARCH FRBC 303.372 H658D 20
PY  - 1995///
CY  - New York
PB  - A.A. Knopf, Distributed by Random House
KW  - Social values
KW  - United States
KW  - England
KW  - Moral conditions
KW  - Social conditions
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -