Diaries of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Vol. 1: 1825-1845, Part Two by David Brown

The Diaries of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, the Seventh Earl of ShaftesburyVol. 1: 1825-1845, Part Two\nAuthor(s): David Brown\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Oxford University Press\nISBN-13: 9780197267417, 978-0197267417\nSynopsis\nLord Ashley (later the Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury), the 'Poor Man's Earl', is widely remembered as a leading aristocratic philanthropist whose concern for suffering and the oppressed victims of Victorian 'progress' saw him champion a range of social, industrial, educational, and health reforms. A deeply religious individual, his evangelicalism and sense of philanthropy as 'duty' make these extraordinarily rich and candid diaries a vital resource for understanding the motivations of a prominent philanthropist and Victorian social reformer. The diaries contain detailed accounts of his labours, religious and philosophical reflections, self analysis, and descriptions and criticisms of contemporaries, and offer there.