Geoffrey A. C. Ginn

Culture, Philanthropy and the Poor in Late-Victorian London (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351732819
• Artikelnr.: 48210869

Autorenporträt

Geoffrey A. C. Ginn teaches modern British history and heritage studies at the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, University of Queensland, Australia. His research focuses on urban history, historical museology and public history, with particular interests in the Victorians, colonial cities, the history of religion, and public culture.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1 A good young man in a shiny top hat
2 Sources and explanations
3 Social work, sweetness and light
4 One by one in Whitechapel
5 An impossible story in Mile End
6 Social duty in South London
7 Places, spaces, audiences
8 Uniting sentiment, common feeling
9 The gift of culture, properly understood
Additional bibliography
Index