Slum Travelers: Ladies and London Poverty, 1860-1920

Late-nineteenth-century Britain saw the privileged classes forsake society balls and gatherings to turn their considerable resources to investigating and relieving poverty. By the 1890s at least half a million women were involved in philanthropy, particularly in London. Slum Travelers, edited, annot...

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1. Verfasser: Ross, Ellen 1942- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley University of California Press 2007
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Zusammenfassung:Late-nineteenth-century Britain saw the privileged classes forsake society balls and gatherings to turn their considerable resources to investigating and relieving poverty. By the 1890s at least half a million women were involved in philanthropy, particularly in London. Slum Travelers, edited, annotated, and with a superb introduction by Ellen Ross, collects a fascinating array of the writings of these "lady explorers," who were active in the east, south, and central London slums from around 1870 until the end of World War I. Contributors range from the well known, including Annie Besant, Sylv
Beschreibung:1 online resource (345 Seiten)
ISBN:0520940059
9780520940055

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