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- catalog abstract ""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. The process involved crucial power relations within the Jewish community and the wider British society. Jewish philanthropy was adapted by the Jewish elite and modified according to contemporary ideologies to become a base for social control of the poor."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11223226.
- catalog coverage "London (England) Emigration and immigration Social aspects.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""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. The process involved crucial power relations within the Jewish community and the wider British society. Jewish philanthropy was adapted by the Jewish elite and modified according to contemporary ideologies to become a base for social control of the poor."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Foreword / Catherine Jones Finer -- 1. Jewish Philanthropy: Power and Interests -- 2. The Colquhoun-van Oven Scheme -- 3. Wealth and Poverty: A Widening Gap -- 4. The Jewish Board of Guardians -- 5. Social, Economic and Cultural Policy of the Board -- App. I. Excerpts from Laws Concerning Gifts for the Poor -- Mishneh Torah by Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (Maimonides, 1135-1204) -- App. II. Selective Chronology: Developments of English and Jewish Social Policy and Philanthropy.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-256) and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 268 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1898723796 (hc : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Brighton ; Portland : Sussex Academic Press,".
- catalog spatial "England London".
- catalog spatial "London (England) Emigration and immigration Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "361.7/089/924 21".
- catalog subject "Elite (Social sciences) England London History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "HV3193.G7 R69 1999".
- catalog subject "Immigrants Services for England London History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Jewish Board of Guardians (London, England) History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Jews Charities England London History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Jews England London Charities History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Social control England London History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Working class Jews Services for England London History 19th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Catherine Jones Finer -- 1. Jewish Philanthropy: Power and Interests -- 2. The Colquhoun-van Oven Scheme -- 3. Wealth and Poverty: A Widening Gap -- 4. The Jewish Board of Guardians -- 5. Social, Economic and Cultural Policy of the Board -- App. I. Excerpts from Laws Concerning Gifts for the Poor -- Mishneh Torah by Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (Maimonides, 1135-1204) -- App. II. Selective Chronology: Developments of English and Jewish Social Policy and Philanthropy.".
- catalog title "The rich and the poor : Jewish philanthropy and social control in nineteenth-century London / Mordechai Rozin.".
- catalog type "text".