Octavia Hill, social activism and the remaking of British society (eBook)

Elizabeth Baigent, Ben Cowell (Herausgeber)

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2016
524 Seiten
University of London Press (Verlag)
9781909646346 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.5.2016
• Reihe/Serie: IHR Conference Series
• Zusatzinfo: 1 table; 2 maps
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: activism • British Parks • Charity • Feminism • humanitarianism • National Trust • Octavia Hill • social reforms • Victorian London
• ISBN-13: 9781909646346 / 9781909646346