Charity Market and Humanitarianism in Britain, 1870-1912

Sarah Roddy is Lecturer in Modern Irish History at the University of Manchester, UK. She is the author of Population, Providence and Empire: The Churches and Emigration from Nineteenth-Century Ireland (2014).Julie-Marie Strange is Professor of British History and Head of History at the University of Manchester, UK. She is the author of Fatherhood and the British Working Class, 1865-1914 (2015) and Death, Grief and Poverty in Britain, 1870-1914 (2006).Bertrand Taithe is Professor of Cultural History and founding Director of the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute at the University of Manchester, UK. He is the author of The Killer Trail: A Colonial Scandal in the Heart of Africa (2011).

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. The Emergence of Charity Enterprise2. Consuming Charity3. Building and Protecting Charity Brands4. Policing Fraud: Regulation and Accountability in the Charity Market5. Aristocratic Fundraising and the Politics of Imperial Humanitarianism 6. Franchise Fundraising: Mansion House AppealsConclusionBibliographyIndex

“[A] well-researched, solid, and broadly persuasive addition to the literature on philanthropy in Britain.