English Philanthropy, 1660-1960 / David Owen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Owen, David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Charities.

Public welfare.

Soziale Probleme, Sozialdienste, Versicherungen.

Wohltätigkeit.

Charities--Great Britain--History.

Public welfare--Great Britain--History.

Local Subjects:

Charities--Great Britain--History.

Public welfare--Great Britain--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (622 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE. PHILANTHROPY IN THE AGE OF BENEVOLENCE(I660'S-I780'S)

CHAPTER I. THE PHILANTHROPY OF EIGHTEENTH - CENTURY PIETY

CHAPTER II. THE PHILANTHROPY OF EIGHTEENTH - CENTURY HUMANITARIANISM

CHAPTER III. THE EIGHTEENTH - CENTURY DONOR AND THE CHARITABLE TRUST

PART TWO. PHILANTHROPY IN THE AGE OF IMPROVEMENT 1780' S - 1860' S

CHAPTER IV. CHARITABLE ENTERPRISE IN EARLY INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY

CHAPTER V. THE CHALLENGE OF URBAN POVERTY 1820-1860

CHAPTER VI. THE CONTOURS OF EARLY VICTORIAN BENEVOLENCE

CHAPTER VII. THE "DOMESDAY BOOK" AND THE CHARITY COMMISSION

PART THREE. PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY AND PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY 1860's-1914

CHAPTER VIII. "SCIENTIFIC CHARITY": THE CHARITY ORGANISATION SOCIETY

CHAPTER IX. REMODELING ANCIENT TRUSTS: THE ENDOWED SCHOOLS

CHAPTER Χ. REMODELING ANCIENT TRUSTS: THE CITY OF LONDON CHARITIES

CHAPTER XI. LAW AND ADMINISTRATION: THE CHARITY COMMISSION

CHAPTER XII. LAW AND ADMINISTRATION: FISCAL OBLIGATIONS

CHAPTER XIII. PHILANTHROPY IN ACADEME

CHAPTER XIV. "PHILANTHROPY AND FIVE PER CENT": HOUSING EXPERIMENTS

CHAPTER XV. A GALLERY OF VICTORIAN PHILANTHROPISTS

CHAPTER XVI. BENEVOLENCE BEYOND THE METROPOLIS: YORK AND LIVERPOOL

CΗAPTER XVII. THE RANGE AND RESOURCES OF PHILANTHROPY

CHAPTER XVIII. APPROACH TOSTATE PARTNERSHIP

PART FOUR. THE " NEW PHILANTHROPY" AND THE WELFARE STATE 1914-1960

CHAPTER XIX. JUNIOR PARTNER IN THE WELFARE FIRM

CHAPTER XX. AUXILIARIE S OF THE WELFARE STATE: SOME TWENTIETH - CENTURY FOUNDATIONS

CHAPTER XXI. THE NATHAN REPORT AND THE CHARITIES ACT

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-18319-3

OCLC:

979588815