Culture, philanthropy and the poor in late-Victorian London / Geoffrey A.C. Ginn.
Culture, philanthropy and the poor in late-Victorian London / Geoffrey A.C. Ginn.
Culture, philanthropy and the poor in late-Victorian London / Geoffrey A.C. Ginn.
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London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
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G 2020/0542
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English
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310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
A good young man in a shiny top hat -- Sources and explanations -- Social work, sweetness and light -- One by one in Whitechapel -- An impossible story in Mile End -- Social duty in South London -- Places, spaces, audiences -- Uniting sentiment, common feeling -- The gift of culture, properly unders...
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London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
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England
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2017.
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"The Late-Victorian cultural mission to London's slums was a peculiar effort towards social reform that today is largely forgotten or misunderstood. The philanthropy of middle and upper-class social workers saw hundreds of art exhibitions, concerts of fine music, evening lectures, clubs and socials, debates and excursions mounted for the benefit of...
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Culture, philanthropy and the poor in late-Victorian London / Geoffrey A.C. Ginn.
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Perspectives in economic and social history ; 50
Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-300) and index.
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©2017
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G 2020/0542
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74VKaZLRxJAl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaZLRxJAl
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ISBN
1848936087 (hardback)
9781848936089 (hardback)
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362.55709421
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991024291012702626
