Charity, Philanthropy and Reform From the 1690s to 1850
Description
The essays in this volume explore continuities and changes in the role of philanthropic organizations in Europe and North America in the period around the French Revolution. They aim to make connections between research on the early modern and late modern periods, and to analyze policies towards poverty in different countries within Europe and across the Atlantic. Cunningham and Innes highlight the new role for voluntary organizations emerging in the late eighteenth century and draws out the implications of this for received accounts of the development of welfare states.
Keywords
HistoryEuropeModernSocial ScienceSociologySocial Work
1998Book
Author(s)Hugh Cunningham, Joanna Innes
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780333674048
LanguageEnglish
