The Charity Market and Humanitarianism in Britain, 1870–1912

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19947262
AutoresSarah Roddy (0000-0001-8491-3031), Julie‐marie Strange, Julie-Marie Strange, Bertrand Taithe (0000-0001-7842-6800)
Año2019
Fecha de publicación2019-01-01
Open AccessSí
TipoBOOK
RevistaThe Charity Market and Humanitarianism in Britain, 1870–1912 (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialBloomsbury Publishing plc (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.5040/9781350058019
OpenAlexW2885958743
ISBN9781350058019
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11

This book examines the business of charity – including fundraising, marketing, branding, financial accountability and the nexus of benevolence, politics and capitalism – in Britain from the development of the British Red Cross in 1870 to 1912. Whilst most studies focus on the distribution of charity, Sarah Roddy, Julie-Marie Strange and Bertrand Taithe look at the roots of the modern third sector, exploring how charities appropriated features more readily associated with commercial enterprises in order to compete and obtain money, manage and account for that money and monetize compassion. Drawing on a wide range of archival research from Charity Organization Societies, Wood Street Mission, Salvation Army, League of Help and Jewish Soup Kitchen, among many others, The Charity Market and Humanitarianism in Britain, 1870–1912 sheds new light on the history of philanthropy in the Victorian and Edwardian periods

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