As the debate over values grows ever more divisive, one of the most eminent historians of the Victorian era reminds readers that values are no substitute for virtues--and that the Victorian considered hard work, thrift, respectability, and charity virtues essential to a worthwhi…
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 - a…
This book examines the ways in which the social purpose of housing, as home, is too often relegated behind its economic function, as asset. As individuals increasingly use housing as a place to park and extract wealth, and governments do all they can to keep house prices on an u…
This book examines the ways in which the social purpose of housing, as home, is too often relegated behind its economic function, as asset. As individuals increasingly use housing as a place to park and extract wealth, and governments do all they can to keep house prices on an u…
This book examines the ways in which the social purpose of housing, as home, is too often relegated behind its economic function, as asset. As individuals increasingly use housing as a place to park and extract wealth, and governments do all they can to keep house prices on an u…
Reconceiving the current housing crisis in England as a 'wicked' problem, this book situates the crisis in a broader range of socio-economic issues and calls for a change in how housing is produced and consumed.
This book examines the ways in which the social purpose of housing, as home, is too often relegated behind its economic function, as asset. As individuals increasingly use housing as a place to park and extract wealth, and governments do all they can to keep house prices on an u…
Experiences of charity, 1250-1650
For a number of years scholars who are concerned with issues of poverty and the poor have turned away from the study of charity and poor relief, in order to search for a view of the life of the poor from the point of view of the poor themselves. Great studies have been conducted…
Experiences of charity, 1250-1650
In this collection, the contributors explore the experience of charity towards the poor, considering it in spiritual, intellectual, emotional, personal, social, cultural, and material terms.
Experiences of charity, 1250-1650
In this collection, the contributors explore the experience of charity towards the poor, considering it in spiritual, intellectual, emotional, personal, social, cultural, and material terms.
