Memoir On Pauperism: Does Public Charity Produce An Idle And Dependent Clas...

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Book Title: Memoir ON Pauperism : Does Public Charity

Author: Alexis de Tocqueville

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Philanthropy & Charity, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, Legal History

Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.

Publication Year: 2006

Genre: Law, Social Science, Political Science