Charity and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Volume II: Charity, Philanthropy, Celebrity
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-0-367-52096-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 340 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 675 g

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, many individuals were motivated by their religious creeds to give. As religious faith began to wane in the period, others were inspired by humanitarian commitments or moral (but not necessarily scriptural) zeal. The contents of this volume introduce readers to the many individuals who distinguished themselves through charity and philanthropy, including Angela Burdett-Coutts, Florence Nightingale, Grace Kimmins, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and the American George Peabody, and the causes they took up.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morrison, Kevin A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume II: Charity, Philanthropy, Celebrity

List of Illustrations

General Introduction

Volume II Introduction: Charity, Philanthropy, Celebrity

Part 1. Saints

1. Julia Kavanagh, Sarah Martin

2. John Cambell, Memoirs of David Nasmith: His Labours and Travels in Great Britain, France, the United States, and Canada

3. Catharine Cappe, Memoirs of the Life of the Late Mrs. Catharine Cappe

4. Hannah More, A Quiet Reformer

5. Mary Seacole, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands

Part 2. Heroes

6. The Hero of Westminster – Missionaries and Thieves

7. Ramsden Balmforth, Elizabeth Fry and Prison Reform, 1780-1845

8. Sarah A. Tooley, The Life of Florence Nightingale

9. Francis Coutts, Angela Burdett-Coutts

10. The Infant Orphan Asylum

11. George Peabody, the Philanthropist, and Working Man’s Friend

12. Poor Law Conferences, 1903-4: Proceedings of the Central and District Poor Law Conferences, Held from April 1903 to February 1904, with the Papers Read and Discussion Thereon, and Report of the Central Committee

13. Rosa M. Barrett, Ellice Hopkins: A Memoir

14. James Richard Joy, Shaftesbury and Philanthropy

15. Henritta Barnett, Canon Barnett: His Life, Work, and Friends: By His Wife

16. A Short Sketch of the Life of Emmanuel Rolfe

17.1 Mr Samuel Smith, M.P.

17.2 Mr W. S. Caine

Part 3. Celebrities

18. Monsignor Capel at Kensington

19. Sir Albert Sassoon: C. S. I.

20. Sarah A. Tooley, Ladies of Liverpool

21. Isidore Harris, An Interview with Mr. Quintin Hogg

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kevin A. Morrison is Distinguished Professor of British Literature in the School of Foreign Languages at Henan University. He is the author of Victorian Liberalism and Material Culture: Synergies of Thought and Place (2018), A Micro-History of Victorian Liberal Parenting: John Morley’s "Discreet Indifference" (2018), and Study-Abroad Pedagogy, Dark Tourism, and Historical Reenactment: In the Footsteps of Jack the Ripper and His Victims (2019). He has edited a number of collections including, most recently, Walter Besant: The Business of the Literature and the Pleasures of Reform (2019).