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Blind Workers against Charity: The National League of the Blind of Great Britain and Ireland, 1893-1970 (Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements)
Matthias Reiss
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Description for Blind Workers against Charity: The National League of the Blind of Great Britain and Ireland, 1893-1970 (Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements)
Hardcover. Founded in 1893, the National League of the Blind was the first nationwide self-represented group of visually impaired people in Britain. This book explores its campaign to make the state solely responsible for providing training, employment and assistance for the visually impaired as a right, and its fight to abolish all charitable aid for them. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTB; JFFG; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Founded in 1893, the National League of the Blind was the first nationwide self-represented group of visually impaired people in Britain. This book explores its campaign to make the state solely responsible for providing training, employment and assistance for the visually impaired as a right, and its fight to abolish all charitable aid for them.
Founded in 1893, the National League of the Blind was the first nationwide self-represented group of visually impaired people in Britain. This book explores its campaign to make the state solely responsible for providing training, employment and assistance for the visually impaired as a right, and its fight to abolish all charitable aid for them.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements
Number of Pages
259
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137364463
SKU
V9781137364463
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Ref
99-15
About Matthias Reiss
Matthias Reiss is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Exeter, UK. He has published widely on the experience of marginalised groups in history, such as the unemployed, prisoners of war and African Americans. His current research focuses on street protest and social movements from the nineteenth century to the present.
Reviews for Blind Workers against Charity: The National League of the Blind of Great Britain and Ireland, 1893-1970 (Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements)
“The book highlights both the strengths and weaknesses of the League’s approach, documenting its successes and the compromises it had to make along the way. … by shifting the lens from charity to activism it has the potential to build a bridge between disability and labour history that may suggest new approaches to those working in these areas … .” ... Read more