Self-Help (World Digital Library) (PDF)
(Sprache: Englisch)
Rapid industrialization at the end of the eighteenth century had a profound effect on England. Cities grew larger, but the municipal authorities, unprepared for such rapid growth, were unable to meet the needs of the growing city and influx of urban...
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Rapid industrialization at the end of the eighteenth century had a profound effect on England. Cities grew larger, but the municipal authorities, unprepared for such rapid growth, were unable to meet the needs of the growing city and influx of urban dwellers. Early industrial cities were filthy places covered with soot and excrement, shoddy buildings were built haphazardly and in close proximity to one another, and entire families crammed into single room apartments. Disease spread. Fire erupted. Crime increased. The urban poor suffered the most from these conditions, while the middle class, also known as the bourgeoisie, flourished from their capitalist ventures. Self-Help argues in favor of “the capitalist ethic,” a vigorous spirit of enterprise and the strong belief that the talented individual could raise himself above common origins to a position of wealth and stature through discipline and hard work. It helped shape the middle class through private enterprise and competition and encouraged the lower classes through the hope of upward mobility.
Autoren-Porträt von Samuel Smiles
Samuel Smiles was one of the most famous proponents of the capitalist ethic. Smiles was born on 23 December, 1812, the eldest of eleven children. His father was a papermaker and general merchant in Haddington, Scotland. After attending the local school in Haddington, he left at age fourteen and joined Dr. Robert Lewins as an apprentice and eventually attended Edinburgh University where he received his medical degree in 1832. While in Edinburgh, however, Smiles also became involved in the campaign for parliamentary reform and published several articles on the subject in the progressive Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle. After the completion of his studies, Smiles returned to Haddington and found work as a doctor, but he continued to take a close interest in politics.
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- Autor: Samuel Smiles
- 2002, Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0594094763
- ISBN-13: 9780594094760
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2002
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