The De-Moralization of Society
by Himmelfarb, GertrudeFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1995-02-01
Publisher(s): Alfred a Knopf Inc
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Summary
Gertrude Himmelfarb, like so many Americans, is appalled by crime, drug addiction, illiteracy, juvenile delinquency, illegitimacy and welfare dependency. The solution she proposes, in this follow-up to her much-praised On Looking into the Abyss, is as simple as it is radical - and has the further advantage of solid historical substantiation. We must look back on the Victorians with open minds; they must cease to irk us. And then, Himmelfarb hopes, we can begin to learn from them.
Author Biography
Gertrude Himmelfarb is Professor Emeritus at Brooklyn College and the Graduate School of the City University of New York.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | |
| Prologue: From Virtues to Values | p. 3 |
| Manners and Morals | p. 21 |
| Household Gods and Goddesses | p. 53 |
| Feminism, Victorian Style | p. 88 |
| "The Mischievous Ambiguity of the Word Poor" | p. 125 |
| "Gain All You Can.... Give All You Can" | p. 143 |
| The Jew as Victorian | p. 170 |
| The New Women and the New Men | p. 188 |
| Epilogue: A De-moralized Society | p. 221 |
| Postscript: The "New Victorians" and the Old | p. 259 |
| Notes | p. 265 |
| Index | p. 309 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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