Introduction

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 3
5. CHAPTER ONE. "All Mankind's Concern": Religion, Commerce, and Charity, 1680—1740 11
6. CHAPTER TWO. "Private Virtue and Publick Spirit Display'd": The Search for Charitable Forms 44
7. CHAPTER THREE. Charity and the Charitable Community at Midcentury 74
8. CHAPTER FOUR. Charitable Foundations, 1750-1770 98
9. CHAPTER FIVE. Poverty and the Attack on Dependency 135
10. CHAPTER SIX. The Charities of Self-Help 163
11. CONCLUSION. Tradition, Policy, and Philanthropy 197
12. APPENDIX. Major Donors 203
13. Index 225