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Poverty and Society
Gertrude Himmelfarb defines and discusses poverty by tracing its Western conceptual evolution from the early modern period through Victorian England. At the time of this interview, Himmelfarb, a trustee of the National Humanities Center, was professor of history at the … Continue reading
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Tagged History, Literary Criticism, Poverty, Victorian era
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