Philanthropy and Voluntary Action in the First World War: Mobilizing Charity

by Peter Grant

This book challenges scholarship which presents charity and voluntary activity during World War I as marking a downturn from the high point of the late Victorian period. Charitable donations rose to an all-time peak, and the scope and nature of charitable work shifted decisively. Far more working class activists, especially women, became involved, although there were significant differences between the suburban south and industrial north of England...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032924276
• ISBN13: 9781032924274
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 270 Pages