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In this study of voluntary charities in eighteenth-century London, Donna Andrew reconsiders the adequacy of humanitarianism as an explanation for the wave of charitable theorizing and experimentation that characterized this period. Focusing on London, the most visible area of both destitution and social experimentation, this book examines the polit



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*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 3*CHAPTER ONE. "All Mankind's Concern": Religion, Commerce, and Charity, 1680-1740, pg. 11*CHAPTER TWO. "Private Virtue and Publick Spirit Display'd": The Search for Charitable Forms, pg. 44*CHAPTER THREE. Charity and the Charitable Community at Midcentury, pg. 74*CHAPTER FOUR. Charitable Foundations, 1750-1770, pg. 98*CHAPTER FIVE. Poverty and the Attack on Dependency, pg. 135*CHAPTER SIX. The Charities of Self-Help, pg. 163*CONCLUSION. Tradition, Policy, and Philanthropy, pg. 197*APPENDIX. Major Donors, pg. 203*Index, pg. 225

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691600116, 978-0691600116
      ISBN10: 0691600112
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      Book Synopsis

      In this study of voluntary charities in eighteenth-century London, Donna Andrew reconsiders the adequacy of humanitarianism as an explanation for the wave of charitable theorizing and experimentation that characterized this period. Focusing on London, the most visible area of both destitution and social experimentation, this book examines the polit



      Trade Review
      One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1991

      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 3*CHAPTER ONE. "All Mankind's Concern": Religion, Commerce, and Charity, 1680-1740, pg. 11*CHAPTER TWO. "Private Virtue and Publick Spirit Display'd": The Search for Charitable Forms, pg. 44*CHAPTER THREE. Charity and the Charitable Community at Midcentury, pg. 74*CHAPTER FOUR. Charitable Foundations, 1750-1770, pg. 98*CHAPTER FIVE. Poverty and the Attack on Dependency, pg. 135*CHAPTER SIX. The Charities of Self-Help, pg. 163*CONCLUSION. Tradition, Policy, and Philanthropy, pg. 197*APPENDIX. Major Donors, pg. 203*Index, pg. 225

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