Philanthropy and voluntary action in the First World War : mobilizing charity / 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 c...

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Uniform Title:Routledge studies in modern British history ; 10.
Main Author: Grant, Peter, 1955 February 21-
Language:English
Published: New York ; London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.
Series:Routledge studies in modern British history ; 10.
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Physical Description:xiv, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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