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The largest amount of good : Quaker relief in Ireland, 1654-1921 /

The Largest Amount of Good is the first full account of Quaker relief operations in Ireland and of the evolution of the Quakers' thinking on the purposes and limitations of philanthropy and the responsibility of the state in disaster. Helen Hatton describes how the Quakers rejected orthodox eco...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hatton, Helen Elizabeth
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kingston [Ont.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1993.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From Conviction to Action
  • Good to All and Harm to None: Early Years in Ireland
  • A Condition Low and Degraded
  • Rehearsals for Disaster
  • A National Misfortune, a National Sin
  • A Remarkable Manifestation of National Sympathy
  • Feeding the Hungry and Clothing the Naked
  • A Little Thing Helps a Poor Man
  • Help the Men to Help Themselves
  • Ever Widening Circles.