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Slum Travelers : Ladies and London Poverty, 1860-1920.
Late-nineteenth-century Britain saw the privileged classes forsake society balls and gatherings to turn their considerable resources to investigating and relieving poverty. By the 1890s at least half a million women were involved in philanthropy, particularly in London. Slum Travelers, edited, annot...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2007.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | Late-nineteenth-century Britain saw the privileged classes forsake society balls and gatherings to turn their considerable resources to investigating and relieving poverty. By the 1890s at least half a million women were involved in philanthropy, particularly in London. Slum Travelers, edited, annotated, and with a superb introduction by Ellen Ross, collects a fascinating array of the writings of these "lady explorers," who were active in the east, south, and central London slums from around 1870 until the end of World War I. Contributors range from the well known, including Annie Besant, Sylv |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (345 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520940055 0520940059 1282358626 9781282358621 9780520249059 0520249054 9780520249066 0520249062 9786612358623 6612358629 |