| Physical description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Irish historical monographs
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| Contents |
Frontcover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Ireland in the Eighteenth Century: The Case for Improvement -- 1. 'The Worst in Christendom': The Church of Ireland and Improvement -- 2. Education and Charity: The Incorporated Society for Promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland -- 3. To Cure and Relieve: Voluntary Hospitals in Eighteenth-Century Dublin -- 4. Improvement as Philanthropy: The Royal Dublin Society -- 5. 'The Benevolent Sympathies of the Female Heart': Women, Improvement, and the Work of Lady Arbella Denny -- 6. National and Local Government and Improvement -- Conclusion: Philanthropy and Improvement in Eighteenth-Century Ireland and Beyond -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
Relates charity movements to religious impulse, Enlightenment 'improvement' and the fears of the Protestant ruling elite that growing social problems, unless addressed, would weaken their rule. |
| Subject |
Charities -- Ireland -- History -- 18th century.
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Humanitarianism -- Ireland -- History -- 18th century.
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History |
| ISBN |
9781782046745 (electronic bk.) |
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1782046747 (electronic bk.) |
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9781783270682 |
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