Victorians and the case for charity : essays on responses to English poverty by the state, the church and the literati

ed. by Marilyn D. Button and Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen

This collection of all new essays seeks to answer a series of questions surrounding the Victorian response to poverty in Britain. The project is organized against the backdrop of the 1834 New Poor Laws, recognizing that poverty garnered considerable attention in England because of its pervasive and painful presence.

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Year of publication:	c 2014
Other Persons:	Button, Marilyn Demarest (contributor) ; Sheetz-Nguyen, Jessica A. (ed.)
Publisher:	Jefferson, NC [u.a.] : McFarland & Co.
Subject:	Armut \| Poverty \| Armutsbekämpfung \| Poverty reduction \| Gemeinnützige Organisation \| Charitable organization \| Wohltätigkeit \| Charity \| Sozialpolitik \| Social policy \| Geschichte \| History \| Großbritannien \| United Kingdom
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Extent:	VIII, 272 S.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Sammelwerk ; Collection of articles of several authors
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Enth. 12 Beitr. Part I. State responseThe case for charity: "But if I were you, I should certainly go into the workhouse" / Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen Royal charity and Queen Adelaide in early nineteenth century Britain / Marilyn K. Thomas Lloyd's patriotic fund, 1791-1841: "To the heroes of Trafalgar" / Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen Part II. Anglican response ; Rhetoric, education and economics as practical theology: Archbishop Richard Whately's Irish policies / Carol Poster Fundraising theology? Anglican charity sermons and nineteenth-century social causes / Keith A. Francis Part III. Literati response ; "The cry of the children": Elizabeth Barrett's response to child labor in the mines and factories of Victorian Britain / Mary B. McElligott "No friend like a sister": Christina Rossetti's "Awakened conscience" and the fallen woman / Rene J. Schlueter Part IV. Evangelical response ; A sisterhood powerful for motherhood: Ellen Ranyard's "biblewomen" and "biblewomen nurses" / Donald M. Lewis Protecting Canterbury's poor: city missions and the Protestant laity / Marilyn D. Button Oxford for factory workers: The People's College of Sheffeld / Angela M. Schwer Part V. Roman Catholic response ; "Father of the orphan, his helper and his judge": Roman Catholic response to the English poor law system / Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen "Something for the poor": London women religious and social reform in the 1840s / Moira E. Egan Epilogue.
ISBN:	978-0-7864-7032-7
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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