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Author Ginn, Geoffrey A. C

Title Culture, Philanthropy and the Poor in Late-Victorian London
Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (321 pages)
Series Perspectives in Economic and Social History
Perspectives in economic and social history.
Contents Cover ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication ; Table of Contents ; List of figures; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. A good young man in a shiny top hat; Notes; 2. Sources and explanations; Notes; 3. Social work, sweetness and light; Notes; 4. One by one in Whitechapel; Notes; 5. An impossible story in Mile End; Notes; 6. Social duty in South London; Notes; 7. Places, spaces, audiences; University charm and domestic elegance in Whitechapel; Palatial nobility in Mile End; A centre of bright and pleasant social life' in Bermondsey; Illuminating the 'Centres of Light'
All sorts and conditions?Notes; 8. Uniting sentiment, common feeling; Settlement lectures and evening classes; Classes and lectures at the People's Palace; A 'common life' in clubs and associations; Club life at the People's Palace; 'At home' at the settlements; 'Attractions innumerable' at the People's Palace; Policing gender at the People's Palace; Crowd behaviour at the People's Palace; Notes; 9. The gift of culture, properly understood; One gospel of music for rich and poor; The true artist paints for all; Notes; Additional bibliography; Index
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Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781351732819
1351732811