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Author:   Mordechai Rozin
Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Imprint:   Sussex Academic Press
Dimensions:   Width: 23.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.614kg
ISBN:  

9781898723790

ISBN 10:   1898723796
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   01 January 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Contents: Foreword by Catherine Jones Finer; Introduction; Outline of the Book; Jewish Philanthropy: Power and Interests; The Jewish Elite and the Jewish Poor; The Colquhoun-van Oven Scheme; Background to the Scheme; Principal Proposals of the Scheme; Opposition to the Scheme; Effects of the Failed Scheme; Wealth and Poverty: A Widening Gap; Educating the Poor; The Rich in Search of Power; The Faudel Scheme; The Jewish Board of Guardians; Ideologies And Policy; Controlling the Immigration of the Poor; Disciplining the Poor: Jewish Philanthropy and the Poor Law; Social, Economic and Cultural Policy of the Board; Finance: Checks and Balances; Restricted Policy Arrangements; Work; Loans; Health; Housing; Acculturation: Anglicisation; Acculturation: Patronage and Anglicisation; Schooling; Jewish Press; Social Organization Beyond the Jewish Elite; Jewish Philanthropy at the Turn of the Century: Incrementalism and Survival; Conclusions; Glossary; Select Bibliography; Index.

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A valuable contribution to the literature of London's Jewry... it should stimulate research into the history of the Jewish secular associations of this country. -- London Journal

A valuable contribution to the literature of London's Jewry... it should stimulate research into the history of the Jewish secular associations of this country. --London Journal Provides a valuable historiographical context for understanding Anglo-Jewish philanthropy... An important contribution to social work and social welfare history. --Choice A significant contribution to our understanding of the mixed economy of welfare in nineteenth-century England. --Social Policy

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