Trust among Strangers. Friendly societies in modern Britain
Details:
- Author(s) Ismay, Penelope
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2018
- Pages 217pp
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Place Published Cambridge
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
'... re-centers problems of trust in the making of modern [ie 18th / 19th centuries] Britain and examines the ways in which upper-class reformers and working-class laborers fashioned and refashioned the concept and practice of friendly society to make promises of collective responsibility effective - even among strangers'. Chapters include: 'Friendly society before friendly societies'; 'Friendly societies and the meaning of the new poor law'; 'The battle between savings banks and friendly societies'; 'Trusting institutions. Making the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity'; 'Trusting numbers - sociability and actuarial science in the Manchester Unity; 'Epilogue - alternative endings'