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Index
Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations Foreword Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Introduction
Voluntary Action and Transformation Charitable Voluntary Action in Previous Conflicts
2. Charity, Philanthropy and the Voluntary Sector in 1914: A ‘Golden Age’?
Voluntary Action before the War Social Control or Social Capital?
Case Study 1: Newspaper and Sporting Appeals 3. The Outbreak of War and Early Charitable Efforts
Paternalistic Philanthropy—The National Relief Fund ‘Mighty and Generous Great Britain’—Belgian Refugee Relief
Case Study 2: ‘Private Tom’ and Other Animals 4. Supporting Tommy: Charity Goes to War
Royal Patronage and Ladies of Leisure Eggs for the Wounded, Conkers for the Guns—Schoolchildren Do their Bit Techniques and Types of Support
Case Study 3: ‘My Good Lady, Go Home and Sit Still’—Militant Women 5. The Comforts Crisis and the Director General of Voluntary Organizations
The Comforts Crisis The Greatest Supply Officer Since Moses—Sir Edward Ward, Director General of Voluntary Organizations
The Saviour of Ladysmith Ward and the Modernisation of the War Office The LSE Army Administration Course Retirement
The Operation and Organisation of the Dgvo Scheme ‘An Infinity of Personal Sacrifice’—Summary and Success of the Dgvo Scheme
Case Study 4: Croydon War Supplies Clearing House 6. Concerns and Legislation: Scandal, Fraud and the 1916 War Charities Act
Existing Charity Law ‘An Extraordinary Bill’ ‘Almost an Impossible Task’—Pressure for Legislation Official Delegation and the War Charities Committee ‘Beyond the Range of Ordinary Business’—The Belgian Soldiers Fund ‘A Cast Iron Method’—Thomas Alroy and other Rogues ‘A Distinctly Doubtful Character’—The French Relief Fund ‘Captain’ Illingworth and Queen Alexandra Committee Recommendations and the Passing of the Act The Operation of the Act and Control of Scandal Later Pressure for Legislation
Case Study 5: ‘Nothing Like a Book’—The Camps Library 7. The Extent and Impact of Wartime Charitable Giving
Numbers of Charities and How Much They Raised Effects on Existing Charities How Many People Were Involved?
Gender and Class Analysis of Office Holders of Wartime Charities
Alienation or Solidarity—The Reaction to Charity
Case Study 6: ‘The Biggest Communal Arts Project Ever Attempted’—War Memorials 8. Conclusions
The Encroachment of State Control A Repositioning of Philanthropy Social Capital and Its Contribution to Winning the War Comparisons with Germany The Legacy of the War
Afterword Notes Bibliography Index
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