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Roads to Ruin - The Shocking History of Social Reform (Paperback, Main)
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Roads to Ruin - The Shocking History of Social Reform (Paperback, Main)
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'It is a salutary thing to look back at some of the reforms which
have long been an accepted part of our life, and to examine the
opposition, usually bitter and often bizarre, sometimes dishonest
but all too often honest, which had to be countered by the restless
advocates of 'grandmotherly' legislation...' Contemporary readers
of a progressive bent may like to think it elementary that certain
inhumane practices in which Britons indulged pre-1800 came to be
abolished. But as E.S. Turner reveals, our history is littered with
Colonel Blimp figures, of a mind that 'reforms are all right as
long as they don't change anything.' 'Roads to Ruin still
entertains and appals. It chronicles the disgraceful rearguard
action of the upper classes against the introduction of the
Plimsoll line, the abolition of child chimney sweeps and the repeal
of laws under which convicted criminals could be hung, drawn and
quartered...' Jonathan Sale, Guardian
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