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From Rhetoric to Reality : the Life and Work of Frederick D'Aeth.

This book tells the personal and political story of a previously uncelebrated man, whose interests and gifts contributed greatly to the transformation of social welfare in Britain in the early part of the twentieth century. In 1905 Frederic DAeth, a disillusioned clergyman, came to Liverpool as the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Simey, Margaret
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Title Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword and Acknowledgements; Introduction: Why Bother?; 1: Origins of a Dilemma; 2: The Urban Ideal; 3: The Theory of Social Responsibility (1905-1909); 4: The Health of the Body Corporate; 5: The Craft of the Social Administrator (1911-1914); 6: The Practice of Social Administration (1914-1918); 7: The End of the Beginning (1919-1924); 8: The Birth of a New Philanthropy; 9: The New Philanthropy Vindicated (1923-1934); Conclusion: From Rhetoric to Reality; Bibliography.