Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The Caian
Author: Squires in the Slums
Author: Nigel ScotlandPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857716999
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Settlements were a distinctive aspect of late-Victorian church life in which individual philanthropic Christians were encouraged to live and work in communities amongst the poor and set an example for the underprivileged through their own actions. Often overlooked by historians, settlements are of great value in understanding the values and culture of the 19th century. Settlement missions were first conceived when Samuel Barnett, the incumbent of St. Jude's, Whitechapel, in the East End of London, sought to introduce them as a major aspect of Victorian church life. Barnett argued that settlers should be incorporated into London communities that suffered from squalor and poverty to live and work alongside the poor, to demonstrate their Christian faith and attempt to enhance social conditions from the inside. His first recruits were Oxford undergraduates and when Toynbee Hall was founded in Oxford in 1884, his radical vision of adapting Christian morality towards tackling social deprivation had begun. By the end of the Victorian era more than fifty similar institutions had been created. Whilst few settlements lasted beyond the Victorian period, by injecting Christian ethics into trade unions, local government and the community, they had a huge impact which is still felt in the way these organisations operate today.
Genera insectorum
Author: Philogène WytsmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Entomology
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Catalogue of the Scientific Books in the Library of the Royal Society: Transactions, journals, observations and reports, surveys, museums
Author: Royal Society (Great Britain). LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: United States. Bureau of Plant IndustryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Christopher Marlowe and English Renaissance Culture
Author: Darryll GrantleyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 042986678X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
First published in 1996, this volume asked the question: who – and what – was Christopher Marlowe? Dramatist, poet, atheist and possible spy, he was a man in contrast with his time. The authors here gather to explore Marlowe on the four hundredth anniversary of his death. They include significant interdisciplinary elements and focus on dramaturgy, textual criticism and biography. It is hoped that the diversity of approaches can further debates on both Marlowe and Renaissance culture.
National Bankruptcy Register Digest
Author: Book Auction Records
Author: Frand KarslakePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 764
Book Description
A priced and annotated annual record of international book auctions.
The National Bankruptcy Register Reports
Author: Bulletin
Author: U.S. Bureau of plant industryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Plants
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description