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- Title
The Business of Relief Work: A Victorian Quaker in Constantinople and Her Circle.
- Authors
TUSAN, MICHELLE
- Abstract
This article explores how Victorian notions of charity translated to evangelical mission projects in the Near East. Focusing on Quaker philanthropist Ann Mary Burgess, it traces the trade networks that she established to serve the Armenian community living in the Ottoman Empire. Burgess's vast network of supporters throughout Britain, Europe, and the Near East enabled her to fund relief projects using profits from goods produced by the orphans and widows served by the Friends' Constantinople Mission. The mapping of these networks reveals the evolving relationship between evangelicalism, the humanitarian movement, and the marketplace in imperial Britain.
- Subjects
ISTANBUL (Turkey); TURKEY; QUAKER missionaries; BURGESS, Mary Ann; SOCIETY of Friends; EVANGELICALISM; SOCIAL networks; BRITISH humanitarian assistance; OTTOMAN Empire
- Publication
Victorian Studies, 2009, Vol 51, Issue 4, p633
- ISSN
0042-5222
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2979/VIC.2009.51.4.633