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The fascinating story of what happened to the orphaned and abandoned children of the London Foundling Hospital, and the consequences of Georgian philanthropy. From serving Britain's growing global empire in the Royal Navy, to the suffering of child workers in the Industrial Revolution, the Foundling Hospital was no simple act of charity.
The fascinating story of what happened to the orphaned and abandoned children of the London Foundling Hospital, and the consequences of Georgian philanthropy. From serving Britain's growing global empire in the Royal Navy, to the suffering of child workers in the Industrial Revolution, the Foundling Hospital was no simple act of charity.
Über den Autor
Helen Berry is Professor of British History at Newcastle University. She studied history at the University of Durham and Jesus College, Cambridge, and has published extensively on the social history of Georgian Britain. A prizewinning Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, rphans of Empire is her third book. [...]
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Preface
- 1: Empire
- 2: 'My Darling Project'
- 3: A Fashionable Cause
- 4: Foundling Education
- 5: Finding Work
- 6: Industry and Idleness
- 7: Cruelty and Kindness
- 8: Outrageous Fortune
- 9: Epilogue: Welfare, Philanthropy, and the Future
- Select Bibliography
- Notes
- Index
Details
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Regionalgeschichte |
| Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780198860297 |
| ISBN-10: | 0198860293 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Berry |
| Hersteller: | ACADEMIC |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de |
| Maße: | 216 x 140 x 21 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Berry |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 10.09.2020 |
| Gewicht: | 0,48 kg |