Trust Among Strangers

Name: Trust Among Strangers
Author: Penelope College

Friendly Societies in Modern Britain

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Paperback, 229 blz. | Engels

Cambridge University Press | e druk, 2019

ISBN13: 9781108459945

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Hoofdrubriek : Geschiedenis

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In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the internal migration of a growing population transformed Britain into a 'society of strangers'. The coming and going of so many people wreaked havoc on the institutions through which Britons had previously addressed questions of collective responsibility. Poor relief, charity briefs, box clubs, and the like relied on personal knowledge of reputations for their effectiveness and struggled to accommodate the increasing number of unknown migrants. Trust among Strangers re-centers problems of trust in the making of modern Britain and examines the ways in which upper-class reformers and working-class laborers fashioned and refashioned the concept and practice of friendly society to make promises of collective responsibility effective - even among strangers. The result is a profoundly new account of how Britons navigated their way into the modern world.

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ISBN13:9781108459945

Taal:Engels

Bindwijze:paperback

Aantal pagina's:229

Uitgever:Cambridge University Press

Verschijningsdatum:19-9-2019

Hoofdrubriek:Geschiedenis

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Introduction: new beginnings; 1. Friendly society before friendly societies; 2. Friendly societies and the meaning of the new poor law; 3. The battle between savings banks and friendly societies; 4. Trusting institutions: making the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity; 5. Trusting numbers: sociability and actuarial science in the Manchester Unity; Epilogue: alternative endings.