Lord Shaftesbury and Social-Industrial Progress
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British industrial history
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faith-driven social change in England
labour legislation studies
mental health reform history
nineteenth-century social reform
religious motivation in policy
Victorian era welfare
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- ISBN 9781032969572
- Weight: 850g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 20 Apr 2026
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Originally published in 1926, this volume is much more than a biography of an outstanding politician, social reformer and philosopher. It provides an analysis of the history of social conditions in England during the nineteenth century, as well as a discussion of the development of social affairs and the inertia of political psychology. The role that faith and religion played in motivating Lord Shaftesbury’s desire for social reform is also discussed as is the ways in which he and John Wesley transformed the social and ethical ideas of England to enshrine in law many of the working conditions that we take for granted today such as defined hours of work and rest periods.
J. Wesley Bready died in 1953.
