{"product_id":"octavia-hill-social-activism-and-the-remaking-of-british-society-9781909646001","title":"Octavia Hill, social activism and the remaking of British society","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Elizabeth Baigent | Ben Cowell\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of London Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of London Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Europe - Medieval\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume reassesses the life and work of Octavia Hill, housing reformer, open space campaigner, co-founder of the National Trust, founder of the Army Cadet Force, and the first woman to be invited to sit on a royal commission. In her lifetime she was widely regarded as an authority on a broad range of social problems. Yet despite her early pre-eminence, and the remarkable success of the institutions which she helped to found, Hill fell from public favour in the twentieth century. This book provides a nuanced portrait of Hill and her work in a broader context of social change, reflecting recent scholarship on nineteenth-century society in general, and on philanthropy and preservation, and women's role in them, in particular.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of London Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47969496694935,"sku":"9781909646001","price":9569.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781909646001.webp?v=1782922099","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/octavia-hill-social-activism-and-the-remaking-of-british-society-9781909646001","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}