Gertrude Himmelfarb's The Idea of Poverty: England in the Early Industrial Age is a really good book.
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@CoreyRobin It is! I've often thought G. Himmelfarb as the smartest of the neo-cons. A genuine scholar.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@CoreyRobin "was"? Isn't she still alive? I read something of hers recently in Weekly Standard.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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@CoreyRobin Perhaps of interest to you: there is an interesting Nietzschean sub-text to her work, especially "Marriage & Morals" book.
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