Tim Travers

Samuel Smiles and the Victorian Work Ethic

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1987, this book examines Samuel Smiles' ideals of work and self-help against the background of the Victorian work ethic. Drawing on 'sub-literature' such as pamphlets, periodicals, novels, works by Dissenting and Anglican ministers, popular 'success' and 'self-improvement' books, and general literature on the condition of the working classes, it presents a broad range of public opinion and attitudes towards work and in doing so, creates an essential framework and context for Smiles' popular books.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9781138644083
• ISBN-10: 1138644080
• Artikelnr.: 50364050

Autorenporträt

Tim Travers

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Introduction; 1. Samuel Smiles and the Victorian Work Ethic 2. Samuel Smiles and the Origins of the Concept of Self
Help: The Morality of Work and Man's Place in Society, 1830
1859 3. Self
Help and the Self
Help Tradition 4. Self
Help and After
Biography, Technology and the New Meritocracy 5. Challenge to an Ideal: Socialism and the New Attitude Toward Work 6. Conclusion: The Decline of Self
Help, and the Principles of Authority and Development; Appendix A; A Critical Bibliography; Index