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‘A Lady’s View of the Unemployed at the East‘—Its reception by the tenants, by Canon Barnett and by the President of the Local Government Board—Emancipation from political economy and rejection of Karl Marx — The firm of Paul, Potter and the work of Charles Booth—Evidence to the Lords Committee on Sweating—The pleasures of slumming and the duty of sternness—Beatrice’s progress towards collectivism in practice and in recollection—Bertrand Russell’s paradox and the divided self.
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Harrison, R.J. (2000). From Social Investigator to Socialist 1885–90. In: The Life and Times of Sidney and Beatrice Webb. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230598065_4
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