Buch, Englisch, 554 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 772 g
Buch, Englisch, 554 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 772 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - History
ISBN: 978-1-108-03686-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
James Silk Buckingham (1786-1855) was a Cornish-born traveller and writer. As a member of Parliament in the 1830s he campaigned for reforms in the army and navy as well as for the temperance movement. He travelled widely to the Middle East, Israel and America, wrote travel books and also founded a number of journals. One of these was The Athenaeum, a weekly London periodical covering a wide range of topics from literature to popular science. In this work, published in 1849, Buckingham names seven evils threatening contemporary society (ranging from ignorance from intemperance to war and competition), proposes a number of economic reforms that primarily target the existing taxation system, and pleads for a new Reform Bill. Buckingham develops in great detail his vision of a model town and the community inhabiting it, and offers his thoughts on how a such city should be planned.
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- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
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Part I. Existing Evils of Society; Part II. Model Town and Associated Community; Part III. True Principles of Taxation - Financial Reform; Part IV. Emigration and Colonization; Part V. Necessity of a New Reform Bill - Purification of the Electoral System; Part VI. Regeneration of Ireland.
