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Written as a response to the economic crisis of the 1840s - closure of factories, loss of jobs, the growth of slums in industrial centers, the starving poor, this title provides a trenchant articulation of the political, social, religious, and economic climate of the mid-nineteenth century and a prophetic vision of the future.

Past and Present

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    A Hardback by Thomas Carlyle, Chris Ramon Vanden Bossche, Chris Ramon Vanden Bossche

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 1 June 2006
      ISBN-13 9780520242500
      978-0520242500
      ISBN-10 0520242505

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      Book Synopsis
      Written as a response to the economic crisis of the 1840s - closure of factories, loss of jobs, the growth of slums in industrial centers, the starving poor, this title provides a trenchant articulation of the political, social, religious, and economic climate of the mid-nineteenth century and a prophetic vision of the future.

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