by Joanna Smith (Author)
Analyzing lecture transcripts, administrative guidelines, didactic tales, and diaries, this title abandons the facile explanation that charity was a response to poverty and social unrest. It examines the social and economic changes that stimulated the fervor for doing good.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 24 Mar 2009
ISBN 10: 0520253639
ISBN 13: 9780520253636