Samuel Smiles (23 December 1812 – 16 April 1904) was a Scottish author and government reformer who campaigned on a Chartist platform. But he concluded that more progress would come from new attitudes than from new laws. His masterpiece, Self-Help (1859), promoted thrift and claimed that poverty was caused largely by irresponsible habits, while also attacking materialism and laissez-faire government. It has been called ‘the bible of mid-Victorian liberalism’, and it raised Smiles to celebrity status almost overnight.
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Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 213 ● ISBN 9782291060697 ● Dimensione 0.5 MB ● Casa editrice MVP ● Città Dubai ● Paese AE ● Pubblicato 2019 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 9310011 ● Protezione dalla copia DRM sociale