Religion and Relationships in Ragged Schools: An Intimate History of Educating the Poor, 1844-1870 - Paperback

by Laura M. Mair (Author)

Focusing on the interaction between teachers and scholars, this book provides an intimate account of "ragged schools" that challenges existing scholarship on evangelical child-saving movements and Victorian philanthropy.

Author Biography

Laura M. Mair is a Research Fellow at the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh, UK. She has published on the ragged schools in the Journal of Victorian Culture and Studies in Church History. Mair was a consultant to the V&A Museum of Childhood in connection with the 'On Their Own: Britain's Child Migrants' exhibition. She is currently an advisor to London's Ragged School Museum.