Culture, Philanthropy and the Poor in Late-Victorian London

ISBN-13: 9780367356767 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 310 str.

Geoffrey A. C. Ginn

Opis

Ginn approaches cultural philanthropy not simply as a project of class self-interest, nor as fanciful ‘missionary aestheticism.’ Rather, he shows how liberal aspirations towards adult education and civic community can be traced in a number of centres of moralising voluntary effort.

O autorze

Geoffrey A. C. Ginn teaches modern British history and heritage studies at the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, University of Queensland, Australia. His research focuses on urban history, historical museology and public history, with particular interests in the Victorians, colonial cities, the history of religion, and public culture.