Octavia Hill, social activism and the remaking of British society
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Octavia Hill, social activism and the remaking of British society

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Octavia Hill, social activism and the remaking of British society

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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.

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Yes, you can access Octavia Hill, social activism and the remaking of British society by Elizabeth Baigent,Ben Cowell in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & European Medieval History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. About the contributors
  8. Abbreviations
  9. List of illustrations
  10. Foreword
  11. I. ‘The habit of seeing and sorting out problems’: Octavia Hill’s life and afterlife
  12. II. ‘Beauty is for all’: art in the life and work of Octavia Hill
  13. III. ‘The value of abundant good air’: Octavia Hill and the meanings of nature
  14. IV. ‘A common inheritance from generation to generation’: Octavia Hill and preservation
  15. V. ‘The loving zeal of individuals which cannot be legislated for by Parliament’: Octavia Hill’s vision in historical context
  16. VI. Hill’s legacy
  17. Index