'Nobler imaginings and mightier struggles' Octavia Hill, social activism and the remaking of British society
"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 bro...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Institute of Historical Research
[2016], 2016
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | "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 |
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| Item Description: | Papers from a conference held at the National Trust's Sutton House, London, on September 27-28, 2012 |
| Physical Description: | xx, 329 pages illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits (some colour) |