"Nobler imaginings and mightier struggles": Octavia Hill, social activism and the remaking of British society

"This volume reassesses the life and work of Octavia Hill, housing reformer, open space campaigner, co-founder of the National Trust, founder of the Army Cadet Force, and the first woman to be invited to sit on a royal commission. In her lifetime she was widely regarded as an authority on a bro...

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Weitere Verfasser: Baigent, Elizabeth (HerausgeberIn), Cowell, Ben (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Institute of Historical Research [2016]
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Zusammenfassung:"This volume reassesses the life and work of Octavia Hill, housing reformer, open space campaigner, co-founder of the National Trust, founder of the Army Cadet Force, and the first woman to be invited to sit on a royal commission. In her lifetime she was widely regarded as an authority on a broad range of social problems. Yet despite her early pre-eminence, and the remarkable success of the institutions which she helped to found, Hill fell from public favour in the twentieth century. This book provides a nuanced portrait of Hill and her work in a broader context of social change, reflecting recent scholarship on nineteenth-century society in general, and on philanthropy and preservation, and women's role in them, in particular."--Back cover
Beschreibung:xx, 329 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781909646001

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