Author: James Baldwin BrownPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 704
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Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of John Howard, the Philanthropist
Author: James Baldwin BrownMemoirs of the Public and Private Life of John Howard, the Philanthropist; compiled from his own diary, etc. With a portrait
Author: James Baldwin BROWN (the Elder.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of John Howard, the Philanthropist
Author: James Baldwin BrownPublisher:
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Category : Philanthropists
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
Philanthropic Celebrity in the Age of Sensibility
Author: Adrian WesołowskiPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000927849
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
This volume, an original combination of biography, cultural history, and media studies, investigates the first moment in history when philanthropy was used as a self-standing claim to fame and philanthropists started being considered as a distinct breed of public figures. In its search for the cause of this development, it examines the way in which public images of early philanthropists in different parts of Europe were shaped in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The work draws on a comparison between British prison reformer John Howard, Alsatian pastor and humanitarian Jean-Frédéric Oberlin, and Stanisław Staszic, a key figure of Enlightenment politics in Congress Poland. Revealing parallel mechanisms at play in different national contexts, it argues that famous philanthropists ushered in a new genre of fame, ‘philanthropic celebrity’, that placed Enlightenment ideals about virtue within the framework of early celebrity culture. The book is primarily aimed at advanced students and scholars of history, cultural studies, and social sciences, especially those interested in the concepts of fame and celebrity and in the origins of modern humanitarianism.
Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of John Howard, the Philanthropist
Author: James Baldwin BrownPublisher:
ISBN: 9781331783404
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
Excerpt from Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of John Howard, the Philanthropist: Compiled From His Own Dairy, in the Possession of His Family The friends of the distinguished individual whose extraordinary deeds of philanthropy form the principal subject of the following pages, have long regretted that no memoir of his life has yet been presented to the public, in which full justice is done to the motives by which he was actuated in the unparalleled career of benevolence that has immortalized his name. The deficiency they have deplored, it is the object of this work to supply, from information derived from a variety of sources, of whose originality and authenticity a particular description will naturally be expected at its author's hands. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
From Empire to Humanity
Author: Amanda B. MonizPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190240350
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
From Empire to Humanity explores the shift from an imperial to a universal approach to humanitarianism as American and British compatriots adjusted to becoming foreigners to each other after the American Revolution.
A Guide to the Printed Materials for English Social and Economic History, 1750-1850
Author: Judith Blow WilliamsPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged
Author: Ralph GriffithsPublisher:
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
Editors: May 1749-Sept. 1803, Ralph Griffiths; Oct. 1803-Apr. 1825, G. E. Griffiths.
The New Evangelical Magazine, and Theological Review
Author: A Protestant Purgatory
Author: Laurie ThronessPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351961993
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
How did the penitentiary get its name? Why did the English impose long prison sentences? Did class and economic conflict really lie at the heart of their correctional system? In a groundbreaking study that challenges the assumptions of modern criminal justice scholarship, Laurie Throness answers many questions like these by exposing the deep theological roots of the judicial institutions of eighteenth-century Britain. The book offers a scholarly account of the passage of the Penitentiary Act of 1779, combining meticulous attention to detail with a sweeping theological overview of the century prior to the Act. But it is not just an intellectual history. It tells a fascinating story of a broader religious movement, and the people and beliefs that motivated them to create a new institution. The work is original because it relies so completely on original sources. It is mystical because it mingles heavenly with earthly justice. It is authoritative because of its explanatory power. Its anecdotes and insights, poetry and song, provide intriguing glimpses into another era strangely familiar to our own. Of special interest to social and legal historians, criminologists, and theologians, this work will also appeal to a wider audience of those who are interested in Christianity's impact on Western culture and institutions.