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by Laura M. Mair (Author)
Focusing on the interaction between teachers and scholars, this book provides an intimate account of "ragged schools" that challenges existing scholarship on evangelical child-saving movements and Victorian philanthropy.
Author Biography
Laura M. Mair is a Research Fellow at the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh, UK. She has published on the ragged schools in the Journal of Victorian Culture and Studies in Church History. Mair was a consultant to the V&A Museum of Childhood in connection with the 'On Their Own: Britain's Child Migrants' exhibition. She is currently an advisor to London's Ragged School Museum.
Number of Pages: 240
Dimensions: 0.54 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN
Publication Date: March 31, 2021
