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_aHill, Octavia, _d1838-1912 |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | _aOur Common Land (and Other Short Essays) |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2019 |
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| 500 | _aRelease date is 2019-06-02 | ||
| 505 | 0 | _aOur common land -- District visiting -- A few words to volunteer visitors among the poor -- A more excellent way of charity -- A word on good citizenship -- Open spaces -- Effectual charity -- The future of our commons. | |
| 508 | _aProduced by Fay Dunn, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) | ||
| 520 | _a"Our Common Land (and Other Short Essays)" by Octavia Hill is a collection of essays written in the late 19th century. The essays address social issues pertaining to public spaces, charity, and the lives of the poor in urban environments, particularly in London. Hill focuses on the importance of open spaces for the well-being of people who live in crowded conditions and critiques the inadequacies of existing charitable practices. At the start of this work, Hill paints a vivid picture of the bustling scenes on Bank holidays in London, where crowds flock to open spaces for leisure and recreation. She reflects on the contrasting experiences of urban dwellers, highlighting the significance of maintaining and protecting common lands amidst a backdrop of potential enclosure. She warns against the loss of these vital public spaces and advocates for their preservation as essential to the physical and mental health of the community, urging legislative action to safeguard them for the enjoyment of future generations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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| 653 | _aLand tenure -- Great Britain | ||
| 653 | _aCharity | ||
| 653 | _aCommons -- Great Britain | ||
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