Faith, Duty, and the Power of Mind - The Cloughs and Their Circle, 1820-1960

This book tells the story of an English middle-class family and their fortunes. Faith, Duty and the Power of Mind shows what it might mean to lose Christian faith in nineteenth and early twentieth century England, and is an unusually attractive and distinctive contribution to modern British history. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Family trees; Introduction; 1. Childhood and Charleston; 2. 'A land...with strong foes beset'; 3. Confirming a vocation; 4. Family duty; 5. The beginnings of Newnham; 6. Enter Blanche Athena Clough; 7. 'An ought which has to be reckoned with'; 8. Re-grouping; 9. War and its consequences; 10. Salvage operations; 11. Retirement; Conclusion; Abbreviations; Notes; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Gill Sutherland, Gillian Sutherland
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.03.2006
• EAN: 9780521861557
• ISBN: 978-0-521-86155-7
• No. of pages: 278
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Pädagogik, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Educators