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Paternalism in Early Victorian England
by Roberts, David
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0813508681
- ISBN 13
- 9780813508689
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About This Item
New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1979. Fine condition. Bright, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Hardcover. First Edition. A study of paternalism in early Victorian England -- "in parliament, on landed estates, in factories, in the church, in learned works, in novels, in the press, among bureaucrats, at the quarter sessions, in prisons, and among charities." Contents: Introduction; Part One (The Intellectual Revival): In Search of a Theory of Paternalism; Paternalism Made Popular; Paternalism and Rebellion in the Early Victorian Novel; Part Two (Paternalism at the Grass Roots): The Patriarchy of Sussex; Land and Its Duties; The Shepherds and Their Flocks; Captains of Industry; Part Three (The Politics of Paternalism): The Idea of a Paternal Government; Varieties of Paternalism; A Mosaic of Forces. Conclusion. Appendix. List of chapter notes/sources. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original blue cloth, lettered in shiny gold on the spine.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/No jacket. 8vo. x, 337pp.
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- Title
- Paternalism in Early Victorian England
- Author
- Roberts, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0813508681
- ISBN 13
- 9780813508689
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Brunswick, New Jersey
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 8vo. x, 337pp
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