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1 online resource : illustrations |
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Oxford historical monographs |
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Oxford historical monographs.
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Cover -- British Philanthropy in the Globalizing World: Entrepreneurs and Evangelicals, 1756-1840 -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on the Text -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Between the King's Arms and Exeter Hall -- I.1 Defining Philanthropy -- I.2 Approach and Structure -- PART I: THE GROWTH OF PHILANTHROPY -- 1: 'How Much a Man with the Blessingof God May Do': John Thornton and the Formation of Philanthropic Networks -- 1.1 Commercial, Religious, and Family Networks -- 1.2 The Philanthropic Entrepreneur -- 1.3 Forming Philanthropists -- 2: 'The Vast Machinery Establishedamongst Us': The Growth of Associational Philanthropy -- 2.1 The Philanthropic Nexus, c.1760 -- 2.2 The Partial Integration of Banking, Religion, and Philanthropy, 1772-1783 -- 2.3 The Philanthropic Nexus, c.1788 -- 2.4 Banking Networks and the Auxiliary Revolution, c.1800-1815 -- PART II: THE CLAPHAM SECT -- 3: 'The Society of the Excellent of the Earth': Reframing the Clapham Sect -- 3.1 Between Battersea Rise and Holy Trinity -- 3.2 The Clapham Sect within the Philanthropic Nexus -- 3.3 Framing the Clapham Sect -- 3.4 The Clapham Sect in Operation -- 3.5 Self-understandings -- 3.6 The Fading of the Clapham Sect -- 4: 'The Cement of Society': Trust and the Intellectual School of Clapham -- 4.1 Thomas Gisborne, Morality, and Interest -- 4.2 William Wilberforce, 'Real Christianity', and Public Leadership -- 4.3 Henry Thornton, Currency, and Trust -- 4.4 Trust as an Explanatory Idea in Philanthropy -- 4.5 Trust in Other Clapham Sect Writings -- 4.6 The Clapham School in Context -- PART III: THE SPREAD OF PHILANTHROPY -- 5: 'Every Region of the Globe Its Representative': The Development of Transnational Philanthropy -- 5.1 The Origins of Transnational Philanthropic Networks -- 5.2 Bengal, c.1780-1790 |
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5.3 Sierra Leone, 1791-1807 -- 5.4 New Zealand, 1808-c.1823 -- 5.5 Transfers and Translations -- 5.6 Reconfigurations, 1813-1833 -- 6: 'Teach Mercy to Ten Thousand Hearts': Philanthropy and the Reimagining of the World -- 6.1 The Christian Observer and the Cultivation of a Philanthropic Worldview -- 6.2 New Centres, New Fault Lines -- 6.3 New Career Paths -- 6.4 Philanthropy and History -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Manuscript and Archival Sources -- Printed Primary Sources -- Statutes of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland -- Contemporary Periodicals and Serials -- Reports and Publications of Philanthropic Societies and Institutions -- Published Secondary Works -- Online Resources -- Unpublished Theses -- Index -- Index of Names |
| Summary |
Most accounts of philanthropy and societal change focus either on either the efforts of a small number of 'heroic' individuals, or on wider historical forces. This book traces networks of philanthropists over four generations to show how modern philanthropy, humanitarianism, and social entrepreneurship emerged between the 1750s and the 1830s |
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Also issued in print: 2023 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 15, 2023) |
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Philanthropists -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
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Philanthropists -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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Humanitarianism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
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Humanitarianism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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Humanitarianism.
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Philanthropists.
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Social services & welfare, criminology.
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Society.
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Great Britain.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191994623 |
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0191994626 |
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