The collection includes new translations of Tocquevilles works, including the first English translation of his Second Memoir, the original Memoir, a letter fragment considering pauperism in Normandy, and the Pauperism in America index to the Penitentiary Report.Alexis de Tocqueville was one of the most important thinkers of the nineteenth century, and his thought continues to influence contemporary political and social discourse. In Memoirs on Pauperism and Other Writings, Christine Dunn Henderson brings all of Tocquevilles writings on poverty together for the first time a new translation of his original Memoir and the first English translation of his unfinished Second Memoir, as well as his letter considering pauperism in Normandy and the Pauperism in America appendix to his Penitentiary Report. By uniting these texts in a single volume, Henderson makes possible a deeper exploration of Tocquevilles thought as it pertains to questions of inequality and public assistance. As Henderson shows in her introduction to this collection, Tocqueville provides no easy blueprint for fixing these problems, which remain pressing today. Still, Tocquevilles writings speak eloquently about these issues, and his own unsuccessful struggle to find solutions remains both a spur to creative thinking today and a caution against attempting to find simplistic remedies.Memoirs on Pauperism and Other Writings allows us to study his sustained thought on pauperism, poverty assistance, governmental...

Binding: Paperback;114 pages; Publisher: Longleaf - Univ of Notre Dame du Lac; Classification: HBG; Weight: 278 g; Dimensions: 140 x 217 x 9

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