| Description |
xi, 426 pages ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge social and cultural histories ; 12 |
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Cambridge social and cultural histories ; 12
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| Contents |
Pt. I. Social spaces and reciprocities -- 1. Parents and offspring -- 2. Networks of support -- 3. Parishes, guilds and associations -- 4. The charitable gift -- Pt. II. The economy of giving -- 5. Cultivating the obligation to give -- 6. Honour and reputation -- 7. Discourses of giving -- 8. The perils of gifts -- Pt. III. The state, markets and gifts -- 9. Evolving boundaries -- 10. The invigoration of informal support |
| Summary |
"An innovative study of gift-giving, informal support and charity in England between the late sixteenth and early eighteenth centuries. Ilana Krausman Ben-Amos examines the adaptation and transformation of varied forms of informal help, challenging long-held views and assumptions about the decline of voluntary giving and personal obligations in the transition from medieval to modern times. Merging historical research with insights drawn from theories of gift-giving, the book analyses practices of informal support within varied social networks, associations and groups over the entire period. It argues that the processes entailed in the Reformation, state formation and the implementation of the poor laws, as well as market and urban expansion, acted as powerful catalysts for many forms of informal help. Within certain boundaries, the early modern era witnessed the diversification, increase and invigoration, rather than the demise, of gift-giving and informal support."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 390-417) and index |
| Subject |
Public welfare -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century.
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Gifts -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century.
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Charities -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History -- 1485- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056778
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| LC no. |
2007041723 |
| ISBN |
9780521867238 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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0521867231 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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