Suchergebnisse

1. Introduction -- 2. Children and childhood in ancient and medieval Europe -- 3. The development of a middle-class ideology of childhood, 1500-1900 -- 4. Family, work and school, 1500-1900 -- 5. Children, philanthropy and the state in Europe, 1500-1860 -- 6. Saving the children, c.1830-c.1920 -- 7. 'The century of the child'? -- 8. Conclusion.

Philanthropy, a 'love of humankind', is now thought of as the rich giving to good causes. The Reputation of Philanthropy explores how this came about and asks why praise for philanthropists has always been matched by criticism. Original and accessible, the book will inform thinking about the proper role for philanthropy today.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The Growth of Leisure in the Early Industrial Revolution, c. 1780-c. 1840 -- 2. The Defence of Custom: Work and Leisure in the Early Industrial Revolution -- 3. Public Leisure and Private Leisure -- 4. Class and Leisure in Mid-Victorian England -- 5. The Making of Leisure, c. 1850-c. 1880 -- 6. Conclusion -- Further Reading -- Index