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an end to poverty? GARETH STEDMAN JONES AN END TO POVERTY? A HISTORICAL DEBATE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW YORK Columbia University Press Publishers Since 1893 New York Chichester, West Sussex Copyright © Gareth Stedman Jones, First publishedby Profile Books Ltd, London All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A complete CIP record is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN ‒‒‒ (cloth : alk. paper) Columbia University Press books are printed on permanent and durable acid-free paper. Printed in the United States of America To my mother CONTENTS Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1 I The French Revolution 16 II The Reaction in Britain 64 III The Reaction in France 110 IV Globalisation: the ‘Proletariat’ and the ‘Industrial Revolution’ 133 V The Wealth of Midas 163 VI Resolving ‘The Social Problem’ 199 Conclusion 224 Notes 236 IIInnndddeeexxx 227711 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This book has been written to accompany the Anglo- American Conference of the Institute of Historical Research, whose theme in was ‘Wealth and Poverty’. I wish to thank the Director of the Institute, David Bates, for encour- aging me to undertake this assignment. I would also like to thank Peter Carson, Penny Daniel, Maggie Hanbury, Sally Holloway and Tim Penton for the part they have played in the publication of this book. The thinking which shaped it is to a large extent the result of discussions and seminars which have taken place at the Centre for History and Economics at King’s College, Cambridge since . I wish to thank the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation which has so gener- ously supported the activities of the Centre. I have learnt from many who have participated in the intellectual life of the Centre, but especially from Emma Rothschild who provided constant inspiration and encouragement, while I was writing this book. Those who have helped to manage the Centre have also been of invaluable assistance, in particular Acknowledgements Inga Huld Markan, Jo Maybin, Rachel Coffey and Justine Crump. There are many others who have provided important suggestions, insights or help as this book was being prepared. I would particularly like to mention Robert Tombs, Daniel Pick, Tristram Hunt, Michael Sonenscher, Istvan Hont, David Feldman, Barry Supple, Sally Alexander and Daniel Stedman Jones. Finally, a special thanks to Miri Rubin who persuaded me that it was possible to write this book and did so much to help it towards its completion. ix
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