Bureaucrats and beggars : French social policy in the Age of the Enlightenment /
Adams, Thomas McStay.
Bureaucrats and beggars : French social policy in the Age of the Enlightenment / Thomas McStay Adams. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1990. - 1 online resource (x, 384 pages) : illustrations, maps - - OUP E-Books. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-351) and index.
Introduction; 1. Mendicity-The Language of Poverty; 2. The Impulse to Legislate; 3. ""Provisional Dépôts""; 4. Running the Machine; 5. Deriving a Formula; 6. Attack on the Dépôts; 7. Philosophy and Bureaucracy; 8. Old Medicine and New; 9. Laboratory of Virtue; 10. Reform and Revolution; 11. Founding a New Regime; Epilogue and Conclusion; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Thomas Adams explores the social context in which the French Enlightenment arose by focusing on the response of 18th-century French society to the problem of poverty, and examining the institutions which were established in this period to rehabilitate the poor.
1429401516 (electronic bk.) 9781429401517 (electronic bk.) 1601296762 9781601296764 9780195051681 (alk. paper) 0195051688 (alk. paper) 9786610440153 6610440158 (alk. paper)
89008819
1700-1799
Beggars--Government policy--History--France--18th century.
Almshouses--History--France--18th century.
Mendiants--Politique gouvernementale--Histoire--France--18e siècle.
Asiles d'indigents--Histoire--France--18e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Poverty & Homelessness.
Almshouses.
Armenzorg.
Bedelaars.
France.
Poor persons Social conditions France
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
HV4554 / .A33 1990eb
362.5/85/094409034
Bureaucrats and beggars : French social policy in the Age of the Enlightenment / Thomas McStay Adams. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1990. - 1 online resource (x, 384 pages) : illustrations, maps - - OUP E-Books. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-351) and index.
Introduction; 1. Mendicity-The Language of Poverty; 2. The Impulse to Legislate; 3. ""Provisional Dépôts""; 4. Running the Machine; 5. Deriving a Formula; 6. Attack on the Dépôts; 7. Philosophy and Bureaucracy; 8. Old Medicine and New; 9. Laboratory of Virtue; 10. Reform and Revolution; 11. Founding a New Regime; Epilogue and Conclusion; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Thomas Adams explores the social context in which the French Enlightenment arose by focusing on the response of 18th-century French society to the problem of poverty, and examining the institutions which were established in this period to rehabilitate the poor.
1429401516 (electronic bk.) 9781429401517 (electronic bk.) 1601296762 9781601296764 9780195051681 (alk. paper) 0195051688 (alk. paper) 9786610440153 6610440158 (alk. paper)
89008819
1700-1799
Beggars--Government policy--History--France--18th century.
Almshouses--History--France--18th century.
Mendiants--Politique gouvernementale--Histoire--France--18e siècle.
Asiles d'indigents--Histoire--France--18e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Poverty & Homelessness.
Almshouses.
Armenzorg.
Bedelaars.
France.
Poor persons Social conditions France
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
HV4554 / .A33 1990eb
362.5/85/094409034