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Chasing a ‘loose and baggy monster’: almshouses and the geography of charity
Author(s) -
Bryson John R.,
McGuiness Mark,
Ford Robert G.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
area
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/1475-4762.00056
Subject(s) - monster , inclusion (mineral) , economic geography , geography , human geography , sociology , social science , history , art history
This paper goes some way towards redressing the lack of geographical literature on charity through exploring the geography of the British domestic charitable sector. The size and geography of the third sector is outlined, followed by an analysis of how almshouses can be understood as inherently geographical and deeply embedded in local social networks of inclusion as well as exclusion.