A. O'Brien

Philanthropy and Settler Colonialism

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Produktbeschreibung

This book, the first long-range history of the voluntary sector in Australia and the first internationally to compare philanthropy for Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in a settler society, explores how the race and gender ideologies embedded in philanthropy contributed to the construction of Australia's welfare state.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-44049-5
• 2015
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 487g
• ISBN-13: 9781137440495
• ISBN-10: 113744049X
• Artikelnr.: 41200299

Autorenporträt

Anne O'Brien

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Government and the Philanthropic Disposition (1788-1830s) 2. The Democratic Moment (1830s -1850) 3. An 'Age of Philanthropy'? (1850-1880s) 4. Protection and Prevention (1890-1920) 5. A Hand Up: The Problem of Independence (1920-1945) 6. Beyond Mere Welfare (1945-60s) 7. 'To Hell with Charity'? (1960s-1970s) Epilogue

Rezensionen

'In this timely, thoughtful, and deeply knowledgeable book, Anne O'Brien provides us with a much-needed long picture of modern philanthropy and welfare. She has deftly woven Indigenous and non?Indigenous histories together, in an exemplary study of great scope and significance.' - Alison Bashford, Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History, University of Cambridge, UK