Charitable Words: Women, Philanthropy, and the Language of Charity in Nineteenth-Century Dublin

by Margaret H. Preston

Mismanaged by local authority, in the 19th-century, Dublin lacked sufficient industrial development to provide adequate employment. Dublin's charitable workers attempted to improve the lives of the thousands who flocked to the city in search of relief. As a means to examining the hidden incentives of charity, the author offers a discussion of the language of charity in this setting. She notes how contemporary notions of race, class, and religion...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 027597930X
• ISBN13: 9780275979300
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"