Sin, Organized Charity and the Poor Law in Victorian England

AvR. Humphreys

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

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Politicians, social administrators, economists, biographers and historians have shared the belief that the Charity Organisation Society effectively rationalised relief to the Victorian poor and illustrated the advantages of caring voluntarism over impersonal state handouts.

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Utgivningsdatum:1995-01-01
Mått:140 x 216 x 14 mm
Vikt:308 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:226
Upplaga:95001
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781349394340

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Acknowledgements - Abbreviations - Introduction - The Poor Law Crusade against Outdoor Relief - The Provincial Crusade: Results and Reactions - Victorian Ideology, Early Attempts to Organise Charity, and the Beginnings of the Charity Organisation Society - The Emergence of Provincial Charity Organisation Societies and Responses, 1870-1890 - The Activities of Provincial Charity Organisation Societies, 1870-1890 - Ideological Change in Late Victorian Britain: The Response of the Provincial Charity Organisation Societies and Local Government Board - Appendix A - Bibliography - Index