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Past and Present.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carlyle, Thomas.
- Series:
- Oxford World's Classics Series
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (508 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- To be supplied : Project Gutenberg, 2010.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1977.
- Summary:
- A book of social commentary informed by the history of England. It forms an analysis of the problems of newly industrialized England both by invoking historical events and by dissecting contemporary issues.
- Contents:
- Cover
- OXFORD WORLD'S CLASSICS: Past and Present
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- 'Not Yesterday but Today': The Genesis of Past and Present
- The 'Magical Pick-Lock': Carlyle and the Chronica Jocelini
- 'Horrid Enchantment': England in the Industrial Age
- 'The Stupidest in Speech, The Wisest in Action': Work, Leadership, Democracy, and the Future of Industrial Society
- Postscript: 'Expanded, Almost Transformed': The Discordant Legacy of Past and Present
- A NOTE ON THE TEXT
- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Primary Sources
- Select Bibliography: Secondary Sources
- A CHRONOLOGY OF THOMAS AND JANE WELSH CARLYLE
- A TIMELINE OF CHRONICA JOCELINI DE BRAKELOND
- SUMMARY OF PAST AND PRESENT
- BOOK I. - PROEM.
- Chap. I. Midas.
- Chap. II. The Sphinx.
- Chap. III. Manchester Insurrection.
- Chap. IV. Morrison's Pill.
- Chap. V. Aristocracy of Talent.
- Chap. VI. Hero-Worship.
- BOOK II. - THE ANCIENT MONK.
- Chap. I. Jocelin of Brakelond.
- Chap. II. St. Edmundsbury.
- Chap. III. Landlord Edmund.
- Chap. IV. Abbot Hugo.
- Chap. V. Twelfth Century.
- Chap. VI. Monk Samson.
- Chap. VII. The Canvassing.
- Chap. VIII. The Election.
- Chap. IX. Abbot Samson.
- Chap. X. Government.
- Chap. XI. The Abbot's Ways.
- Chap. XII. The Abbot's Troubles.
- Chap. XIII. In Parliament.
- Chap. XIV. Henry of Essex.
- Chap. XV. Practical-Devotional.
- Chap. XVI. St. Edmund.
- Chap. XVII. The Beginnings.
- BOOK III. - THE MODERN WORKER.
- Chap. I. Phenomena.
- Chap. II. Gospel of Mammonism.
- Chap. III. Gospel of Dilettantism.
- Chap. IV. Happy.
- Chap. V. The English.
- Chap. VI. Two Centuries.
- Chap. VII. Over-Production.
- Chap. VIII. Unworking Aristocracy.
- Chap. IX. Working Aristocracy.
- Chap. X. Plugson of Undershot.
- Chap. XI. Labour.
- Chap. XII. Reward.
- Chap. XIII. Democracy.
- Chap. XIV. Sir Jabesh Windbag.
- Chap. XV. Morrison Again.
- BOOK IV. - HOROSCOPE.
- Chap. I. Aristocracies.
- Chap. II. Bribery Committee.
- Chap. III. The One Institution.
- Chap. IV. Captains of Industry.
- Chap. V. Permanence.
- Chap. VI. The Landed.
- Chap. VII. The Gifted.
- Chap. VIII. The Didactic.
- BOOK I.
- PROEM.
- CHAPTER I.
- Midas.*
- CHAPTER II.
- The Sphinx.
- CHAPTER III.
- Manchester Insurrection.*
- CHAPTER IV.
- Morrison's Pill.*
- CHAPTER V.
- Aristocracy of Talent.
- CHAPTER VI.
- Hero-Worship.
- BOOK II.
- THE ANCIENT MONK.
- Jocelin of Brakelond.*
- st. edmundsbury.
- landlord edmund.
- ABBOT HUGO.*
- twelfth century.
- monk samson.
- CHAPTER VII.
- the canvassing.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- the election.
- CHAPTER IX.
- abbot samson.
- CHAPTER X.
- government.
- CHAPTER XI.
- the abb ot's ways.
- CHAPTER XII.
- the abb ot's troubles.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- in parliament.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- henry of essex.
- CHAPTER XV.
- practical-devotional.*
- CHAPTER XVI.
- st. edmund.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- the beginnings.
- BOOK III.
- THE MODERN WORKER.
- Phenomena.
- Gospel of Mammonism.
- Gospel of Dilettantism.
- Happy.
- The English.
- Two Centuries.
- Over-Production.
- Unworking Aristocracy.
- Working Aristocracy.
- Plugson of Undershot.
- Labour.
- Reward.
- Democracy.
- Sir Jabesh Windbag.*
- Morrison again.
- BOOK IV
- HOROSCOPE.*
- Aristocracies.
- Bribery Committee.
- The one Institution.
- CHAPTER IV.
- Ca ptains of Industry.*
- Permanence.
- The Landed.
- The Gifted.
- The Didactic.
- EXPLANATORY NOTES
- abbreviations
- BOOK I. PROEM
- BOOK II. THE ANCIENT MONK
- BOOK III. THE MODERN WORKER.
- BOOK IV: HOROSCOPE
- ANNOTATED INDEX.
- Notes:
- Title from eBook information screen..
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Carlyle, Thomas Past and Present
- ISBN:
- 9780192577849
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