Introduction; 1. Mendicity-The Language of Poverty; 2. The Impulse to Legislate; 3. ""Provisional Dépôts""; 4. Running the Machine; 5. Deriving a Formula; 6. Attack on the Dépôts; 7. Philosophy and Bureaucracy; 8. Old Medicine and New; 9. Laboratory of Virtue; 10. Reform and Revolution; 11. Founding a New Regime; Epilogue and Conclusion; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Summary
Thomas Adams explores the social context in which the French Enlightenment arose by focusing on the response of 18th-century French society to the problem of poverty, and examining the institutions which were established in this period to rehabilitate the poor
Analysis
Poor persons Social conditions
France
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-351) and index