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Hugh Cunningham

The Reputation of Philanthropy Since 1750

Britain and Beyond

Buch

Most people now associate philanthropy with donations of money by the rich to good causes. It has not always been so. The Reputation of Philanthropy explores how our modern definition came about and asks why philanthropy and philanthropists have always been as likely to be criticised as praised.Based on original research in newspapers, periodicals, novels and letters, the book provides a compelling account of a shift from philanthropy being a feeling of love of humankind to one where it became heavily engaged in opposing slavery and reforming prisons, both of them political and contentious issues. On the positive side Britain was praised as t… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-5261-4638-0
  • EAN: 9781526146380
  • Produktnummer: 32692905
  • Verlag: MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
  • Seitenangabe: 232 S.
  • Masse: H16.2 cm x B24.0 cm x D2.2 cm 478 g
  • Abbildungen: 7 graphs
  • Gewicht: 478
  • Sonstiges: Tertiary Education (US: College)

Über den Autor


Hugh Cunningham is Emeritus Professor of Social History at the University of Kent

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