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Immediately after completing the first volume of Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote his Memoir on Pauperism. It was inspired by a visit to England two years earlier and was surely in his mind while he was writing Democracy. In the "Memoir,"... Read Full Overview

Immediately after completing the first volume of Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote his Memoir on Pauperism. It was inspired by a visit to England two years earlier and was surely in his mind while he was writing Democracy. In the "Memoir,"... Read Full Overview

L]egal charity has not only taken freedom of movement from the English poor but also from those who are threatened by poverty. -from "Memoir on Pauperism" Inspired by a trip to England at a time when that nation was in the throes of political, social, and economic strife and... Read Full Overview

L]egal charity has not only taken freedom of movement from the English poor but also from those who are threatened by poverty. -from ""Memoir on Pauperism"" Inspired by a trip to England at a time when that nation was in the throes of political, social, and economic strife and... Read Full Overview

In this neglected memoir, Tocqueville seeks to understand why the most impoverished countries of Europe in his time had the fewest paupers, while the most opulent nation--England--had the most. His analysis still resonates in our post-industrial society. With an Introduction... Read Full Overview

Ce memoire a ete presente a la Societe academique de Cherbourg en 1835. Il s'agit d'une analyse de fond de la gestion de la pauvrete dans une societe donnee, en general mais plus precisement dans une societe moderne divisee en plusieurs classes sociales. Pour ce faire, il remonte... Read Full Overview

Ce m moire a t pr sent la Soci t acad mique de Cherbourg en 1835. Il s'agit d'une analyse de fond de la gestion de la pauvret dans une soci t donn e, en g n ral mais plus pr cis ment dans une soci t moderne divis e en plusieurs «classes sociales .

Pour... Read Full Overview