Charity and Poverty in England, C.1680-1820
Wild and Visionary Schemes
This book explores responses to poverty in eighteenth-century England, with an eye to some of the odder manifestations of charity and poor relief. Whether discussing proposals for vast inland colonies or cosy firesides, men and women demonstrated that imagination, excitement and experiment were as important as systematic argument in making early-modern social policy. Ceremonies and material objects encapsulated ideas and attracted supporters; energy poured into realising imagined prospects in buildings, streetscapes and landscapes across England and beyond.Charity and Poverty in England aims to shed fresh light on ideas and lived experience,…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7190-7883-5
- EAN: 9780719078835
- Produktnummer: 23395984
- Verlag: Manchester University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 354 S.
- Masse: H24.0 cm x B16.1 cm x D2.5 cm 730 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 730
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Sarah Lloyd is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Hertfordshire
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