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1	The Roads to Modernity: The British, French, and American Enlightenments more books like this by Gertrude Himmelfarb add to wishlist One of our most distinguished intellectual historians gives us a brilliant revisionist history. The Roads to Modernity reclaims the Enlightenment–an extraordinary time bursting with new ideas about the human condition in the realms of politics, society, and religion–from historians who have downgraded its importance and from ... see all copies from $4.35! new only from $5.98! \| SVS
2	On Liberty: 7 more books like this by John Stuart Mill, Gertrude Himmelfarb (Editor) add to wishlist 'Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign'. To this 'one very simple principle' the whole of Mill's essay "On Liberty" is dedicated. While many of his immediate predecessors and contemporaries, from Adam Smith to Godwin and Thoreau, had celebrated liberty, it was Mill who organized the idea into a philosophy, and put ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.21! \| SVS
3	Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution more books like this by Gertrude Himmelfarb add to wishlist A biographical, historical, and philosophical study of the impact of Darwinism on the intellectual climate of the nineteenth century, challenging the conventional view of Darwin's greatness. see all copies from $4.00! new only from $16.00! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Moral Imagination: From Edmund Burke to Lionel Trilling more books like this by Gertrude Himmelfarb add to wishlist "One of America's most distinguished intellectual historians here explores the minds and lives of some of the most brilliant and provocative thinkers of modern times, from Edmund Burke to Lionel Trilling. Reminds us why Gertrude Himmelfarb is our foremost historian of morality." - Andrew Roberts. see all copies from $4.61! new only from $10.28! \| SVS
5	One Nation, Two Cultures more books like this by Gertrude Himmelfarb add to wishlist A noted historian and cultural critic argues that many of the ideas of the 1960s counterculture have become part of America's dominant culture, and that the nation is the worse for it. She advocates a return to civility and sees signs that there is an insurgent movement on the side of morality and virtue. see all copies from $2.95! new only from $5.91! \| first editions
6	The de-Moralization of Society: From Victorian Virtues to Modern Values more books like this by Gertrude Himmelfarb add to wishlist As the debate over values grows ever more divisive, one of the most eminent historians of the Victorian era reminds readers that values are no substitute for virtues--and that the Victorian considered hard work, thrift, respectability, and charity virtues essential to a worthwhile life. "An elegant, literate defense of ninteenth-century English ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Idea of Poverty more books like this by Gertrude Himmelfarb add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
8	The New History and the Old: Critical Essays and Reappraisals more books like this by Gertrude Himmelfarb add to wishlist Analyzes the social, psychoanalytic, quantitative, Marxist, and neo-Marxist styles of writing history and examines the impact of these on the view of the past. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.22! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Jewish Odyssey of George Eliot more books like this by Gertrude Himmelfarb add to wishlist Examines why a woman who was firmly labeled an unbeliever would take up the cause of Judaism and its promise of nationhood and statehood. see all copies from $16.50! new only from $18.68! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Spirit of the Age: Victorian Essays more books like this by Gertrude Himmelfarb (Editor) add to wishlist None of the stereotypes of Victorian England - narrow-minded, inhibited, moralistic, complacent - prepares us for the vitality, variety, and above all the extraordinary quality of intellectual life displayed in this volume of essays. Selected and annotated by Gertrude Himmelfarb, a distinguished historian of Victorian thought, the writings address ... see all copies from $14.13! new only from $14.13! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Marriage&morals Victrn more books like this by Gertrude Himmelfarb add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $60.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12	On Looking Into the Abyss: Untimely Thoughts on Culture and Society more books like this by Gertrude Himmelfarb add to wishlist In this set of essays, Himmelfarb exposes the intellectual and spiritual impoverishment of some of society's ideas du jour. In her analyses, she deconstructs literary deconstruction, and denounces philosophical relativism. Furthermore, the author shows how current thinking about the Holocaust, determined through historical structuralism, has made ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.60! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Poverty and Compassion: The Moral Imagination of the Late Victorians more books like this by Gertrude Himmelfarb add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.74! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	One Nation, Two Cultures: A Searching Examination of American Society in the Aftermath of Our Cultural Revolution more books like this by Gertrude Himmelfarb add to wishlist A noted historian and cultural critic argues that many of the ideas of the 1960s counterculture have become part of America's dominant culture, and that the nation is the worse for it. She advocates a return to civility and sees signs that there is an insurgent movement on the side of morality and virtue. see all copies from $2.65! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Jews and Gentiles more books like this by Milton Himmelfarb, Gertrude Himmelfarb (Editor) add to wishlist Milton Himmelfarb, perhaps best known for his quip that Jews earned like Episcopalians but voted like Puerto Ricans, was one of the most unfairly neglected essayists of his time. Now his sister, the distinguished historian Gertrude Himmelfarb, brings together the essential core of his social, political, and theological essays in this wide-ranging ... see all copies from $2.76! new only from $4.98! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Memoir on Pauperism more books like this by Professor Alexis de Tocqueville, Seymour Drescher (Translator), Gertrude Himmelfarb (Introduction by) add to wishlist An examination of poverty and its social roots, written by the celebrated French essayist and author of "Democracy in America". De Tocqueville had set out to determine why the most prosperous countries of his day--especially England--had the greatest number of paupers, whereas pauperism was nearly nonexistent in more impoverished lands. His ... see all copies from $2.55! new only from $9.95! \| first editions
17	Lord Acton: A Study in Conscience and Politics more books like this by Gertrude Himmelfarb add to wishlist Lord Acton is author of the maxim, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely". A liberal Catholic and distinguished historian, Lord Acton produced vigorous denunciations of nationalism, racism, statism, and bigotry that rank among the classic works of political and social thought. ICS Press is proud to return to print ... see all copies from $7.99! new only from $74.40! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Degradation of the Academic Dogma more books like this by Robert A Nisbet, Gertrude Himmelfarb (Introduction by) add to wishlist see all copies from $6.66! new only from $6.67!
19	On Liberty and Liberalism: The Case of John Stuart Mill more books like this by Gertrude Himmelfarb add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
20	The idea of poverty : England in the early industrial age more books like this by Gertrude Himmelfarb add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00! first editions
21	Essays on freedom and power more books like this by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Baron add to wishlist see all copies from $9.49! new only from $68.16! \| first editions \| SVS
22	Marrg&morals Vic-V290 more books like this by Gertrude Himmelfarb add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
23	Marriage and morals among the Victorians : and other essays more books like this by Gertrude Himmelfarb add to wishlist see all copies from $3.16! new only from $15.50! \| SVS
24	Essays on Politics and Culture more books like this by John Stuart Mill, Gertrude Hummelfarb (Designed by), Gertrude Himmelfarb (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $2.27! first editions
25	On Liberty and Liberalism more books like this by Gertrude Himmelfarb add to wishlist see all copies from $13.69!

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