Poor Relief and Charity 1869-1945: The London Charity Organisation Society - R. Humphreys - Books - Palgrave Macmillan - 9780333968390 - October 31, 2001
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Poor Relief and Charity 1869-1945: The London Charity Organisation Society


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This volume challenges many widely held beliefs about the efficacy of the London Charity Organization Society. It explains why they were shunned by other charities, treated with suspicion by parish clergy, disregarded by poor law guardians and seen as little different from the stigmatized poor law by those in need.


248 pages, tables, graphs, notes, bibliography, index

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released October 31, 2001
ISBN13 9780333968390
Publishers Palgrave Macmillan
Pages 228
Dimensions 140 × 216 × 13 mm   ·   485 g

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