ISBN:
9781909646582
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190964658X
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9781909646001
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190964658X
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9781909646001
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9781909646582
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xx, 329 pages)
Parallel Title:
Print version 'Nobler imaginings and mightier struggles'
DDC:
333.72092
Keywords:
Hill, Octavia Congresses
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Hill, Octavia
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Great Britain
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Hill, Octavia
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Social conditions
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Great Britain Congresses Social conditions 19th century
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Great Britain
Abstract:
"This volume reassesses the life and work of Octavia Hill, housing reformer, open space campaigner, co-founder of the National Trust, founder of the Army Cadet Force, and the first woman to be invited to sit on a royal commission. In her lifetime she was widely regarded as an authority on a broad range of social problems. Yet despite her early pre-eminence, and the remarkable success of the institutions which she helped to found, Hill fell from public favour in the twentieth century. This book provides a nuanced portrait of Hill and her work in a broader context of social change, reflecting recent scholarship on nineteenth-century society in general, and on philanthropy and preservation, and women's role in them, in particular."--Back cover
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Papers from a conference held at the National Trust's Sutton House, London, on September 27-28, 2012
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