With England in the grip of a serious economic downturn, Carlyle in Past and Present (1843) looked to the supposed virtues of the past in order to illustrate how unfettered capitalism had brought the country to the brink of ruin, hoping in this way to spark a moral no less than economic resurgence.
| ISBN: | 9781411436022 |
| Publication date: | 8th February 2011 |
| Author: | Carlyle, Thomas |
| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | Ebook |