Title What Price the Poor? : William Booth, Karl Marx and the London Residuum

Published Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (248 pages) Series Rethinking Classical Sociology Rethinking classical sociology. Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Series Editor's Preface; Dedication; 1 Introduction; 2 The Pawnbroker's Apprentice; Introduction; Industrialisation and Urbanisation; Poverty; Poverty in Nottingham; Attitudes to Poverty; Malthus; Jeremy Bentham; Influential Writers about Poverty; Dickens; Carlyle; The Chartists; John Wesley; Chartism and Methodism in Nottingham; The Old Woman of Nottingham; Conclusion; 3 The Reverend William; Introduction; The Size of the London Residuum; Public Opinion of Poverty; Changes in Religious Belief Natural ScienceBiblical Criticism; Moral Feeling; Evangelicalism; Development of Booth's Theology; Finney and Caughey; Calvinism; Women's Ministry; Holiness; The East End; Booth's East End Base; Booth's Early Co-workers; An Organisation of the Residuum; Community of Poverty; Conclusion; 4 The Revolutionary Philosopher; Introduction; Marx's Early Concept of Poverty; Paris; London; Learning from London; Conclusion; 5 The Philosopher as a Prophet?; Introduction; Marx and Religion; Societal Redemption and the Individual; The Chronology of Redemption; Conclusion; 6 The Making of a General IntroductionPermanent Poverty in the East End; Public Knowledge of Poverty; Where was Religion?; Diffusive Christianity and Secularism; Christian Socialists; The Churches and the Working Classes; The Growth of the Salvation Army; Failure in the East End?; The Springboard for Darkest England; Work with Prostitutes; At the Prison Gate; The 'Maiden Tribute' Case; The Darkest England Scheme; The Theology behind 'Darkest England'; Saved from Poverty or from Sin?; Conclusion; 7 The Making of a General's Mind; Introduction; Mallock; Flint; Salvationism and Socialism; A Man with a Mind of his Own Conclusion8 The General in Command; Introduction; Organisational Size; The Charity Organisation Society; Social Darwinists; Social Imperialism; Darkest England Scheme Results; Atmosphere of the Times; Conclusion; 9 Fifty Years On; Centrality and Dissemination; Present and Future; The Darkest England Scheme and Marxist Terminology; The Salvation Army and Marx's Criticisms of Religion; Nature and Nurture; Atonement and Incarnation; Marx -- Youth and Age; Booth -- Youth and Age; What Price the Poor?; Bibliography; Index Notes Print version record Subject Booth, William, 1829-1912. Marx, Karl, 1818-1883. SUBJECT Booth, William, 1829-1912 fast Marx, Karl, 1818-1883 fast Subject Salvation Army -- History -- 19th century SUBJECT Salvation Army fast Subject Poor -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century Sociology -- Philosophy. Poor Sociology -- Philosophy England -- London Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Chalcraft, Professor David ISBN 9781351873178 1351873172

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