Ideas of Poverty in the Age of Enlightenment

This collection of essays examines the ways in which poverty was conceptualised in the social, political, and religious discourses of eighteenth-century Europe and North America.

About the author

Niall O'Flaherty is Senior Lecturer in the History of European Political Thought at King's College London
R. J. W. Mills is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute of Intellectual History, University of St Andrews

Product details

• Authors: Niall Mills O?flaherty, Niall Mills Oflaherty, Niall Mills O''''flaherty
• Assisted by: Robin Mills (Editor), Mills Robin (Editor), Niall O’Flaherty (Editor), Niall OâEUR(TM)Flaherty (Editor), Niall O'Flaherty (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2024
• EAN: 9781526166777
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-6677-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Studies in Early Modern European History; Studies in Early Modern Europe
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, History of Ideas, European History, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, HISTORY / Europe / General, LAW / Legal History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Poverty & unemployment, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Legal History, Social and cultural history, C 1700 To C 1800, Poverty and precarity, Social security and welfare law, Social security & welfare law