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Urban charity, class relations and social cohesion: charitable responses to the Cotton Famine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2001

Peter Shapely
Peter Shapely
Affiliation:
Dept of History and Welsh History, University of Wales at Bangor, LL57 2DG
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Abstract

This article is concerned with the Cotton Famine affecting the towns of north-west England between 1861–64. It examines charitable responses to the Famine and especially the impact of the charity relationship between recipient and donor. Understanding the complexities of this relationship, based on a reciprocal arrangement and establishing behavoural norms, leads to a wider appreciation of the role of charity in determining class cohesion and in managing the urban environment.

Type
Research Article
Information
Urban History , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , May 2001 , pp. 46 - 64
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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