Książka Roads to Ruin E.S. Turner

Roads to Ruin

The Shocking History of Social Reform

Autor: E.S. Turner
Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Miękka
Wydawca: Faber & Faber
Dostępność: Dostępna u dostawcy
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'It is a salutary thing to look back at some of the reforms which have long been an accepted part of...

Informacje o książce

Autor
Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Miękka
Data wydania
2012
strony
288
EAN
9780571290253
ISBN
0571290256
Enbook ID
04624445
Wydawca
Waga
314
Wymiary
129 x 198 x 22

Pełny opis

'It is a salutary thing to look back at some of the reforms which have long been an accepted part of our life, and to examine the opposition, usually bitter and often bizarre, sometimes dishonest but all too often honest, which had to be countered by the restless advocates of 'grandmotherly' legislation...' Contemporary readers of a progressive bent may like to think it elementary that certain inhumane practices in which Britons indulged pre-1800 came to be abolished. But as E.S. Turner reveals, our history is littered with Colonel Blimp figures, of a mind that 'reforms are all right as long as they don't change anything'. ""Roads to Ruin" still entertains and appals. It chronicles the disgraceful rearguard action of the upper classes against the introduction of the Plimsoll line, the abolition of child chimney sweeps and the repeal of laws under which convicted criminals could be hung, drawn and quartered..." (Jonathan Sale, "Guardian").

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