| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 329 pages) : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits (some colour) |
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text file rda |
| Note |
Papers from a conference held at the National Trust's Sutton House, London, on September 27-28, 2012. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Humanities Digital Library, viewed November 6, 2017). |
| Subject |
Hill, Octavia, 1838-1912 -- Congresses.
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Hill, Octavia, 1838-1912. (OCoLC)fst00091428
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Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Congresses.
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Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings. (OCoLC)fst01423772
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| Added Author |
Baigent, Elizabeth, editor.
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Cowell, Ben, editor.
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University of London. Institute of Historical Research, issuing body.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 'Nobler imaginings and mightier struggles'. London : Institute of Historical Research, [2016] 9781909646001 (OCoLC)945032070 (UkOxU)020527642 |
| Standard No. |
10.14296/917.9781909646582 doi |
| ISBN |
9781909646582 (electronic bk.) |
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190964658X (electronic bk.) |
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9781909646001 (print) |
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