{"product_id":"past-and-present-volume-4-9780520242500","title":"Past and Present: Volume 4","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Thomas Carlyle | Chris Ramon Vanden Bossche | Chris Ramon Vanden Bossche\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish essayist, historian, cultural critic, and leading man of English letters during the Victorian era, published \u003ci\u003ePast and Present, \u003c\/i\u003eone of his most influential works, in 1843. Written as a response to the economic crisis of the 1840s--closure of factories, loss of jobs, the growth of slums in industrial centers, the starving poor--\u003ci\u003ePast and Present \u003c\/i\u003eaimed to lead readers toward a \"conversion experience\" in order to stimulate social reform. In this work, Carlyle provides a trenchant articulation of the political, social, religious, and economic climate of the mid-nineteenth century and a prophetic vision of the future. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume, the fourth of the eight-volume Strouse Edition, includes an informative historical introduction and illustrations, along with complete notes and scholarly apparatus, and is the definitive modern scholarly edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47613167730839,"sku":"9780520242500","price":8086.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780520242500.webp?v=1775083132","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/past-and-present-volume-4-9780520242500","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}