Sin, Organized Charity and the Poor Law in Victorian England

by Humphreys Glyn, Robert Humphreys, Glyn Humphreys

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Politicians, social administrators, economists, biographers and historians have shared the belief that the Charity Organisation Society effectively rationalised relief to the Victorian poor and illustrated the advantages of caring voluntarism over impersonal state handouts. It is now clear that in provincial England these impressions were illusory. The alleged sinful profligacy of other charitable bodies was persistently condemned by the Charity Organisation...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0333633792

ISBN13:9780333633793

Release Date:July 1995

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:226 Pages

Weight:1.01 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Related Subjects

History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Philanthropy & Charity Political Science Politics & Social Sciences

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