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Philanthropy and Police : London Charity in the Eighteenth Century /
In this study of voluntary charities in eighteenth-century London, Donna Andrew reconsiders the adequacy of humanitarianism as an explanation for the wave of charitable theorizing and experimentation that characterized this period. Focusing on London, the most visible area of both destitution and so...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2014]
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| Edición: | Course Book |
| Colección: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
1037 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- CHAPTER ONE. "All Mankind's Concern": Religion, Commerce, and Charity, 1680-1740
- CHAPTER TWO. "Private Virtue and Publick Spirit Display'd": The Search for Charitable Forms
- CHAPTER THREE. Charity and the Charitable Community at Midcentury
- CHAPTER FOUR. Charitable Foundations, 1750-1770
- CHAPTER FIVE. Poverty and the Attack on Dependency
- CHAPTER SIX. The Charities of Self-Help
- CONCLUSION. Tradition, Policy, and Philanthropy
- APPENDIX. Major Donors
- Index