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100 1 _aHimmelfarb, Gertrude
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245 1 4 _aThe de-moralization of society :
_bfrom Victorian virtues to modern values /
_cGertrude Himmelfarb
246 3 _aDemoralization of society
250 _a1st ed
260 _aNew York :
_bA.A. Knopf :
_bDistributed by Random House,
_c1995
300 _ax, 314 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c22 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 265-306) and index
505 0 _aManners 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
520 _aGertrude 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
650 0 _aSocial values
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650 0 _aSocial values
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651 0 _aUnited States
_xMoral conditions
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651 0 _aEngland
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776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aHimmelfarb, Gertrude.
_tDe-moralization of society.
_b1st ed.
_dNew York : A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1995
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