Octavia Hill, social activism and the remaking of British society

350 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: University of London Press
• ISBN: 9781909646001
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.03.2016
• Größe: 234 x 156 mm
• Verlag: University of London Press
• Herausgegeben von: Elizabeth Baigent, Ben Cowell