Project Gutenberg 2004-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 127 Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson) 1858 1940 Hobson, John Atkinson Problems of Poverty: An Inquiry into the Industrial Condition of the Poor Reading ease score: 53.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. E-text prepared by Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders "Problems of Poverty: An Inquiry into the Industrial Condition of the Poor" by John A. Hobson is a social and economic analysis written in the late 19th century. This work addresses the systemic issues of poverty in industrial society, delving into the socio-economic structures that contribute to the conditions of the poor, particularly focusing on wage distributions, employment patterns, and the impact of urbanization. The opening of the book sets the stage for Hobson's inquiry by emphasizing the necessity of defining and measuring poverty accurately. He argues against the narrow legal definitions of poverty and presents a statistical examination of national income, highlighting disparities in wealth distribution among different social classes. Hobson references significant studies, particularly by Charles Booth, to illustrate the extent of poverty in urban areas such as East London. He categorizes the working poor into distinct classes based on income levels and living conditions and discusses the underlying economic and social forces at play, ultimately aiming to provoke a deeper understanding and dialogue about the plight of the impoverished in an industrial society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Poor -- Great Britain Working class -- Great Britain Sweatshops -- Great Britain HD Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Economics Browsing: Sociology 450164 449817 2024-10-05T06:14:57.790438 2023-10-05T06:46:55.348297 text/html text/html 448185 2020-12-20T03:41:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 155469 2020-12-20T03:41:35 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 268134 2024-10-05T06:15:06.961408 application/epub+zip 266916 2024-10-05T06:15:01.641424 application/epub+zip 244421 2024-10-05T06:15:00.237466 application/epub+zip 557315 2024-10-05T06:15:11.057414 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 531099 2024-10-05T06:15:06.039401 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 383385 2022-09-05T09:35:18.794839 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 434006 433962 2024-10-05T06:14:57.205466 2023-10-05T06:46:54.888285 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 434921 2020-12-20T03:41:35 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 152470 2020-12-20T03:41:35 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 435201 2020-12-20T03:41:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 152449 2020-12-20T03:41:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21996 2024-10-05T06:15:11.211367 application/rdf+xml 24180 2024-10-05T06:15:00.795418 image/jpeg 4499 2024-10-05T06:15:00.516489 image/jpeg 248325 2024-10-05T06:14:57.830435 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia