LEADER 03658nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910782733003321 005 20231206211226.0 010 $a1-282-85617-0 010 $a9786612856174 010 $a0-7735-6369-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773563698 035 $a(CKB)1000000000713405 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000281277 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11224952 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000281277 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10306078 035 $a(PQKB)10387347 035 $a(CaPaEBR)400516 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00200411 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3330877 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10141547 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL285617 035 $a(OCoLC)929121095 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/zwrkz6 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400516 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3330877 035 $a(DE-B1597)654951 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773563698 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3244576 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000713405 100 $a19921021d1993 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe largest amount of good $eQuaker relief in Ireland, 1654-1921 /$fHelen E. Hatton 210 1$aKingston [Ont.] :$cMcGill-Queen's University Press,$d1993. 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 367 pages) $cillustrations 311 0 $a0-7735-0959-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references: p. [329] -348 and index. 327 $aFrom Conviction to Action -- Good to All and Harm to None: Early Years in Ireland -- A Condition Low and Degraded -- Rehearsals for Disaster -- A National Misfortune, a National Sin -- A Remarkable Manifestation of National Sympathy -- Feeding the Hungry and Clothing the Naked -- A Little Thing Helps a Poor Man -- Help the Men to Help Themselves -- Ever Widening Circles. 330 $aThe Largest Amount of Good is the first full account of Quaker relief operations in Ireland and of the evolution of the Quakers' thinking on the purposes and limitations of philanthropy and the responsibility of the state in disaster. Helen Hatton describes how the Quakers rejected orthodox economic and philanthropic theory and, without seeking profit for themselves, provided grants and unguaranteed loans to develop and revitalize Irish agriculture, fisheries, and industry. They also used publicity and political pressure to push for reform of the land-holding system. Although the power of the landowners was too entrenched to be overcome entirely, the Quakers' contribution to Ireland, Hatton demonstrates, is unquestionable. The growth of the Quaker relief service, from mutual help in the seventeenth century to an institution of international standing, has been accompanied by the gradual embodiment of their principles in the direction of the Society. Their work in the Great Irish Famine marked a turning point at which the procedures they had evolved inchoately over two centuries were formulated into a methodology that is accepted today as the basis for relief and Third World development. 606 $aQuakers$zIreland$xCharities$xHistory 606 $aFamines$zIreland$xHistory 606 $aFood relief$zIreland$xHistory 607 $aIreland$xHistory 615 0$aQuakers$xCharities$xHistory. 615 0$aFamines$xHistory. 615 0$aFood relief$xHistory. 676 $a289.6/415 700 $aHatton$b Helen Elizabeth$01468924 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782733003321 996 $aThe largest amount of good$93680297 997 $aUNINA