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First published in 1999, this rewarding volume offers a close and
systematic analysis of the General Infirmary at Bath, which was
founded in 1739 to grant 'lepers and cripples, and other indigent
strangers' access to the spa waters. Four main themes are pursued
in order to locate the hospital within its economic, socio-cultural
and political contexts: arrangements for management and finance
under the conditions of a prospering commercial economy; the
rewards and restrictions experienced by the physicians and surgeons
who donated their professional services free of charge; and the
constructions of an integrated social and political elite around
the physical and moral rehabilitation of the sick poor. In this
way, the example of Bath - a stylish resort whose visitors and
residents exemplified the dynamic of fashionable philanthropy - is
used to open up issues of significance to our understanding of
Georgian Britain as a whole.
This volume of essays attempts to identify the shared experiences
of disabled children and examine the key debates about their care
and control. The essays follow a chronological progression while
focusing on the practices in a number of different countries.
This volume of essays explores the varied, but distinctive,
experiences of disabled children. The authors start from the
premise that the care, and control, of such individuals was
historically governed by factors that differentiated their
experiences from those of 'normal' children and 'disabled' adults.
The history of the voluntary sector in British towns and cities has
received increasing scholarly attention in recent years.
Nevertheless, whilst there have been a number of valuable
contributions looking at issues such as charity as a key welfare
provider, charity and medicine, and charity and power in the
community, there has been no book length exploration of the role
and position of the recipient. By focusing on the recipients of
charity, rather than the donors or institutions, this volume
tackles searching questions of social control and cohesion, and the
relationship between providers and recipients in a new and
revealing manner. It is shown how these issues changed over the
course of the nineteenth century, as the frontier between the state
and the voluntary sector shifted away from charity towards greater
reliance on public finance, workers' contributions, and mutual aid.
In turn, these new sources of assistance enriched civil society,
encouraging democratization, empowerment and social inclusion for
previously marginalized members of the community. The book opens
with an introduction that locates medicine, charity and mutual aid
within their broad historiographical and urban contexts. Twelve
archive-based, inter-related chapters follow. Their main
chronological focus is the nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries, which witnessed such momentous changes in the attitudes
to, and allocation of, charity and poor relief. However, individual
chapters on the early modern period, the eighteenth century and the
aftermath of the Second World War provide illuminating context and
help ensure that the volume provides a systematic overview of the
subject that will be of interest to social, urban, and medical
historians.
First published in 1999, this rewarding volume offers a close and
systematic analysis of the General Infirmary at Bath, which was
founded in 1739 to grant 'lepers and cripples, and other indigent
strangers' access to the spa waters. Four main themes are pursued
in order to locate the hospital within its economic, socio-cultural
and political contexts: arrangements for management and finance
under the conditions of a prospering commercial economy; the
rewards and restrictions experienced by the physicians and surgeons
who donated their professional services free of charge; and the
constructions of an integrated social and political elite around
the physical and moral rehabilitation of the sick poor. In this
way, the example of Bath - a stylish resort whose visitors and
residents exemplified the dynamic of fashionable philanthropy - is
used to open up issues of significance to our understanding of
Georgian Britain as a whole.
The history of the voluntary sector in British towns and cities has
received increasing scholarly attention in recent years.
Nevertheless, whilst there have been a number of valuable
contributions looking at issues such as charity as a key welfare
provider, charity and medicine, and charity and power in the
community, there has been no book length exploration of the role
and position of the recipient. By focusing on the recipients of
charity, rather than the donors or institutions, this volume
tackles searching questions of social control and cohesion, and the
relationship between providers and recipients in a new and
revealing manner. It is shown how these issues changed over the
course of the nineteenth century, as the frontier between the state
and the voluntary sector shifted away from charity towards greater
reliance on public finance, workers' contributions, and mutual aid.
In turn, these new sources of assistance enriched civil society,
encouraging democratization, empowerment and social inclusion for
previously marginalized members of the community. The book opens
with an introduction that locates medicine, charity and mutual aid
within their broad historiographical and urban contexts. Twelve
archive-based, inter-related chapters follow. Their main
chronological focus is the nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries, which witnessed such momentous changes in the attitudes
to, and allocation of, charity and poor relief. However, individual
chapters on the early modern period, the eighteenth century and the
aftermath of the Second World War provide illuminating context and
help ensure that the volume provides a systematic overview of the
subject that will be of interest to social, urban, and medical
historians.
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