Gertrude Himmelfarb's The Idea of Poverty: England in the Early Industrial Age is a really good book.
@CoreyRobin It is! I've often thought G. Himmelfarb as the smartest of the neo-cons. A genuine scholar.
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@HeerJeet And it's so beautifully written too. You're right: she was actually the real deal. -
@CoreyRobin "was"? Isn't she still alive? I read something of hers recently in Weekly Standard. - Show replies
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