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| Title: | Rich & the Poor (HB @ PB Price)
: Jewish Philanthropy & Social Control in Nineteenth-Century London |
| Author: | Mordechai Rozin |
| ISBN: | 1845192273 : 9781845192273 |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 155x230mm |
| Pages: | 268 |
| Weight: | .614 Kg. |
| Published: | Sussex Academic Press - January 1999 |
| List Price: | 19.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Social & cultural history: Jewish studies: London; Greater London |
This book shows how a centrally planned philanthropy developed within the London Jewish community in the nineteenth century, culminating in the establishment and development of the Jewish Board of Guardians.
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.
