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'Nobler imaginings and mightier struggles' : Octavia Hill, social activism and the remaking of British society /
"This volume reassesses the life and work of Octavia Hill, housing reformer, open space campaigner, co-founder of the National Trust, founder of the Army Cadet Force, and the first woman to be invited to sit on a royal commission. In her lifetime she was widely regarded as an authority on a bro...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Institute of Historical Research,
[2016]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This volume reassesses the life and work of Octavia Hill, housing reformer, open space campaigner, co-founder of the National Trust, founder of the Army Cadet Force, and the first woman to be invited to sit on a royal commission. In her lifetime she was widely regarded as an authority on a broad range of social problems. Yet despite her early pre-eminence, and the remarkable success of the institutions which she helped to found, Hill fell from public favour in the twentieth century. This book provides a nuanced portrait of Hill and her work in a broader context of social change, reflecting recent scholarship on nineteenth-century society in general, and on philanthropy and preservation, and women's role in them, in particular."--Back cover. |
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| Notas: | Papers from a conference held at the National Trust's Sutton House, London, on September 27-28, 2012. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 329 pages) : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits (some colour) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781909646582 190964658X |