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Culture, Philanthropy and the Poor in Late-Victorian London

Culture, Philanthropy and the Poor in Late-Victorian London

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Series: Perspectives in Economic and Social History

EconomicsBritish HistoryPoverty & Social Work

ISBN10: 1848936087
ISBN13: 9781848936089
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Apr 27 2017
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.32
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

In refreshing our understanding of this obscure but eloquent activism, Ginn approaches cultural philanthropy not simply as a project of class self-interest, nor as fanciful 'missionary aestheticism.' Rather, he shows how liberal aspirations towards adult education and civic community can be traced in a number of centres of moralising voluntary effort. Concentrating on Toynbee Hall in Whitechapel, the People's Palace in Mile End, Red Cross Hall in Southwark and the Bermondsey Settlement, the discussion identifies the common impulses animating practical reformers across these settings. Ginn shows how these were shaped by a distinctive diagnosis of urban deprivation and anomie.

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