The Grandfather of Self Help

Historian Kate Williams investigates the popularity of Samuel Smiles' 1859 book Self Help.

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Historian Kate Williams investigates the success and lasting legacy of Samuel Smiles' 1859 book Self Help, and finds out if it contains a message for our own times.

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