The Life of Thomas Telford (Esprios Classics)

Kirjan The Life of Thomas Telford (Esprios Classics) (2025) on kirjoittanut Samuel Smiles. Kirjan kieli on englanti, ja sen on kustantanut Blurb. Kirja on laajuudeltaan 268 sivua ja se on pokkari.

Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) was a Scottish author and government reformer. Although he campaigned on a Chartist platform, he concluded that more progress would come from new attitudes than from new laws. His masterpiece, Self-Help (1859), promoted thrift and claimed that poverty was caused largely by irresponsible habits, while also attacking materialism and laissez-faire government. It has been called "the bible of mid-Victorian liberalism" and raised Smiles to celebrity status almost overnight. In 1837, he wrote articles for the Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle and the Leeds Times, campaigning for parliamentary reform. In November 1838, Smiles was invited to become the editor of the Leeds Times, a position he accepted and filled until 1842.