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Author : Donal A. Kerr
Release : 1994
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 375/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Nation of Beggars? by : Donal A. Kerr
Download or read book A Nation of Beggars? written by Donal A. Kerr. This book was released on 1994. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Kerr's scholarly and incisive analysis charts the souring of relations between Church and State and the destruction of Lord John Russell's dream of bringing a golden age to Ireland.
Author : William Henry Davies
Release : 1909
Genre : Literary Collections
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Book Synopsis Beggars by : William Henry Davies
Download or read book Beggars written by William Henry Davies. This book was released on 1909. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no question but that the American beggar is the finest in his country; but in that land of many nationalities he has a number of old-country beggars to contend with. Perhaps it would interest-it certainly should-a number of people to know how well or ill their own nation is represented by beggars in that most important country; whether England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, and other countries have cause to be proud or ashamed of their representatives.
Author : Kelly S. Johnson
Release : 2007-05-29
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 784/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Fear of Beggars by : Kelly S. Johnson
Download or read book The Fear of Beggars written by Kelly S. Johnson. This book was released on 2007-05-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why, asks Kelly Johnson, does Christian ethics so rarely tackle the real-life question of whether to give to beggars? Examining both classical economics and Christian stewardship ethics as reactions to medieval debates about the role of mendicants in the church and in wider society, Johnson reveals modern anxiety about dependence and humility as well as the importance of Christian attempts to rethink property relations in ways that integrate those qualities. She studies the rhetoric and thought of Christian thinkers, beggar saints, and economists from throughout history, placing greatest emphasis on the life and work of Peter Maurin, a cofounder of the Catholic Worker movement. Challenging and thought-provoking, The Fear of Beggars will move Christian economic ethics into a richer, more involved discussion.
Author : Hanchao Lu
Release : 2005
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 483/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Street Criers by : Hanchao Lu
Download or read book Street Criers written by Hanchao Lu. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a rich and comprehensive study of beggars’ culture and the institution of mendicancy in China from late imperial times to the mid-twentieth century, with a glance at the resurgence of beggars in China today. Generously illustrated, the book brings to life the concepts and practices of mendicancy including organized begging, state and society relations as reflected in the issues of poverty, public opinions of beggars and various factors that contribute to almsgiving, the role of gender in begging, and street people and Communist politics. Panoramically, the reader will see that the culture and institution of Chinese mendicancy, which had its origins in earlier centuries, remained remarkably consistent through time and space and that there were perennial and lively interactions between the world of beggars and mainstream society.
Author : Rickie Solinger
Release : 2002-09-18
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 520/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Beggars and Choosers by : Rickie Solinger
Download or read book Beggars and Choosers written by Rickie Solinger. This book was released on 2002-09-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1960s and early 1970s, advocates of legal abortion mostly used the term rights when describing their agenda. But after Roe v. Wade, their determination to develop a respectable, nonconfrontational movement encouraged many of them to use the word choice--an easier concept for people weary of various rights movements. At first the distinction in language didn't seem to make much difference-the law seemed to guarantee both. But in the years since, the change has become enormously important. In Beggars and Choosers, Solinger shows how historical distinctions between women of color and white women, between poor and middle-class women, were used in new ways during the era of "choice." Politicians and policy makers began to exclude certain women from the class of "deserving mothers" by using the language of choice to create new public policies concerning everything from Medicaid funding for abortions to family tax credits, infertility treatments, international adoption, teen pregnancy, and welfare. Solinger argues that the class-and-race-inflected guarantee of "choice" is a shaky foundation on which to build our notions of reproductive freedom. Her impassioned argument is for reproductive rights as human rights--as a basis for full citizenship status for women.
