The Largest Amount of Good

by Helen E. Hatton

The Largest Amount of Good is the first full account of Quaker relief operations in Ireland and of the evolution of the Quakers' thinking on the purposes and limitations of philanthropy and the responsibility of the state in disaster. Helen Hatton describes how the Quakers rejected orthodox economic and philanthropic theory and, without seeking profit for themselves, provided grants and unguaranteed loans to develop and revitalize Irish agriculture,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773509593
• ISBN13: 9780773509597
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"