Political economy in connexion with the moral state and prospects of society, with essays on cognate subjects / by Thomas Chalmers, D.D., LL.D.
| Author/creator | Chalmers, Thomas author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Edinburgh : Thomas Constable and Co. ; London : Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1856. |
| Description | 1 online resource (vii, 626 pages). |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Making of the Modern World, Part IV: 1800-1890 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Select works of Thomas Chalmers ; v. 9 Making of the Modern World, Part IV: 1800-1890 Making of the Modern World, Part IV: 1800-1890. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | (Essays, pages 345-626): The supreme importance of a right moral to a right economical state of the community -- Connexion between the extension of the Church and the extinction of pauperism -- Comparison of Scotch and English pauperism -- Distinction, both in principle and effect, between a legal charity for the relief of indigence, and a legal charity for the relief of disease -- Considerations on the system of parochial schools in Scotland, and on the advantage of establishing them in large towns -- Consistency of the legal and voluntary principles, and the joint support which they might render to the cause both of Christian and common education -- The influence of parochial associations for the moral and spiritual good of mankind -- The example of our saviour, a guide and an authority in the establishment of charitable institutions -- On the application of statistics to moral and economical questions. |
| General note | First edition published in 1832 under title: On political economy in connexion with the moral state and prospects of society. |
| General note | Reproduction of the original from the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature, Senate House Library, University of London. |
| General note | Shelfmark number: [G.L.] 1856. |
| General note | "Presented by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, 1903." |
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