Charity Rediscovered
A Study of Charitable Effort in Nineteenth Century Liverpool
Distributed for Liverpool University Press
160 pages
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5.4 x 8.5
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© 1992
This is a reprint of a classic study which describes in a readable and graphic fashion the severe social problems of the Victorian era and the response, in particular, of the provincial middle classes to the turbulent society about them. The book is an exceptionally interesting introduction to the history of voluntary services in Great Britain and to the origins of modern ideas of social welfare and responsibility.
"a little classic of absorbing interest... which deserves to be read not only by students of Liverpool’s history, but by all who are interested in the nineteenth century."—Public Administration
"... a book of charm and importance..."—The Guardian
"... a valuable contribution to social history... an absorbingly interesting book."—Times Literary Supplement
"a little classic of absorbing interest... which deserves to be read not only by students of Liverpool’s history, but by all who are interested in the nineteenth century."—Public Administration
"... a book of charm and importance..."—The Guardian
"... a valuable contribution to social history... an absorbingly interesting book."—Times Literary Supplement
Public Administration
"A little classic of absorbing interest... which deserves to be read not only by students of Liverpool’s history, but by all who are interested in the nineteenth century." -- Public Administration
The Guardian
"... a book of charm and importance...’" --The Guardian
Times Literary Supplement
"... a valuable contribution to social history... an absorbingly interesting book." -- The Times Literary Supplement
Contents
Preface to 1992 reprint
Introduction
I. General Background
II. Charitable Effort at the Turn of the Century, 1790-1830
III. The Challenge of the New Poor: (I) The Response of "Pure Faith", 1830-1850
IV. The Challenge of the New Poor: (II) "Physical Civilisation", 1850-1870
V. Women in Charitable Work: "Feminine Philanthropy", 1850-1870
VI. Organised Charity: "Method Versus Muddle", 1860-1875
VII. The Great Depression: "Personal Service", 1875-1890
VIII. Charity Frustrated: "Slumming" 1885-1900
IX. The New Philanthropy: "The Social Worker", 1890-1909
X. End and Beginning
Index
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