Philanthropic Discourse in Anglo-american Literature, 1850-1920
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Indiana University Press · Ebook · October 19, 2017
From the mid-19th century until the rise of the modern welfare state in the early 20th century, Anglo-American philanthropic giving gained an unprecedented measure of cultural authority as it changed in kind and degree.
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- Who it’s for
- Anglo-American philanthropic writing shaped debates about social reform across borders from 1850 to 1920.
- Genres
- Philanthropy & Charity, 19th-Century Literary Criticism, Comparative Literature
- Published
- Indiana University Press, October 19, 2017
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From the mid-19th century until the rise of the modern welfare state in the early 20th century, Anglo-American philanthropic giving gained an unprecedented measure of cultural authority as it changed in kind and degree. Civil society took on the responsibility for confronting the adverse effects of industrialism, and transnational discussions of poverty, urbanization, women's work, and sympathy provided a means of understanding and debating social reform.
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While philanthropic institutions left a transactional record of money and materials, philanthropic discourse yielded a rich corpus of writing that represented, rationalized, and shaped these rapidly industrializing societies, drawing on and informing other modernizing discourses including religion, economics, and social science. Showing the fundamentally transatlantic nature of this discourse from 1850 to 1920, the authors gather a wide variety of literary sources that crossed national and colonial borders within the Anglo-American range of influence. Through manifestos, fundraising tracts, novels, letters, and pamphlets, they piece together the intellectual world where philanthropists reasoned through their efforts and redefined the public sector.
Transatlantic Reform Writing
Anglo-American philanthropic writing shaped debates about social reform across borders from 1850 to 1920.
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- The transatlantic reach of philanthropic writing, 1850–1920.
- Fundraising tracts as arguments about social reform.
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- Poverty as a subject of philanthropic debate.
- Religion in conversation with philanthropic discourse.
Where it sits
| Philanthropy & Charity | 61% |
|---|---|
| 19th-Century Literary Criticism | 50% |
| Comparative Literature | 33% |
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Publisher categories
- 19th-Century History
- 19th-Century Literary Criticism
- Philanthropy & Charity
- Authors
- Frank Q. Christianson, Leslee Thorne-Murphy, Daniel Bivona
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Published
- October 19, 2017
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- 19th-Century History