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Thomas R. C. Gibson-Brydon - The Moral Mapping of Victorian and Edwardian London: Charles Booth, Christian Charity, and the Poor-but-Respectable - 9780773546875 - V9780773546875
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The Moral Mapping of Victorian and Edwardian London: Charles Booth, Christian Charity, and the Poor-but-Respectable

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Description for The Moral Mapping of Victorian and Edwardian London: Charles Booth, Christian Charity, and the Poor-but-Respectable Paperback. The London poor and the cruel world of Christian charity circa 1900. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: HBJD1; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Charles Booth's seventeen-volume series, The Life and Labour of the People in London (1886-1903), is a staple of late Victorian social history and a monumental work of scholarship. Despite these facts, historians have paid little attention to its section on religious influences. Thomas Gibson-Brydon's The Moral Mapping of Victorian and Edwardian London seeks to remedy this neglect. Combing through the interviews Booth and his researchers conducted with 1,800 churchmen and women, Gibson-Brydon not only brings to life a cast of characters - from Jesusist vicars to Peckham Rye preachers to women drinkers - but also uncovers a city-wide audit of charitable giving and philanthropic practices. Discussing the philosophy of Booth, the genesis of his Religious Influences Series, and the agents and recipients of London charity, this study is a frank testimony on British moral segregation at the turn of the century. In critiquing the idea of working-class solidarity and community-building traditionally portrayed by many leading social and labour historians, Gibson-Brydon displays a meaner, bleaker reality in London's teeming neighbourhoods. Demonstrating the wealth of untapped information that can be gleaned from Booth's archives, The Moral Mapping of Victorian and Edwardian London raises new questions about working-class communities, cultures, urbanization, and religion at the height of the British Empire.

Product Details

Publisher
McGill-Queen´s University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
358g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773546875
SKU
V9780773546875
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About Thomas R. C. Gibson-Brydon
Thomas Gibson-Brydon (1976-2009) completed his PhD in British history at McGill University in 2007. Hillary Kaell is assistant professor of religion at Concordia University. Brian Lewis is professor of history at McGill University.

Reviews for The Moral Mapping of Victorian and Edwardian London: Charles Booth, Christian Charity, and the Poor-but-Respectable
The Moral Mapping of Victorian and Edwardian London is engaging, well-paced, and detailed. Gibson-Brydon pushes us to rethink urbanization, religion, and society in nineteenth-century Britain - issues central to current debates about poverty, welfare, and social class. Pamela J. Walker, Carleton University

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