cover image The de-Moralization of Society: From Victorian Virtues to Modern Values

The de-Moralization of Society: From Victorian Virtues to Modern Values

Gertrude Himmelfarb. Vintage Books USA, $19 (320pp) ISBN 978-0-679-76490-8

Historian Himmelfarb argues for a return to the Victorian ``virtues''--hard work, self-reliance and deferral of gratification--as a way of combating present social ills. (Feb.)