The evolution of the British welfare state : a history of social policy since the Industrial Revolution /: a history of social policy since the Industrial Revolution. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Derek Fraser.
• Authors: Fraser, Derek
• Contents: List of Tables.-Preface.-Acknowledgements.-Select Time Chart, 1801-2016.-Introduction: Perspectives on the History of Welfare.- 1. The Factory Question - 2. The Poor Law.- 3. Public Health.- 4. Education and Welfare.- 5. Laissez-faire and State Intervention in the Mid-Nineteenth Century.- 6. The Growing Awareness of Poverty.- 7. Liberal Social Policy, 1905-14.- 8. Politics and Policy, 1914-39.- 9. War and Welfare in the 1940s.- 10. The Welfare State in Modern Britain.- Conclusion.- Two Centuries of Welfare History: An Overview.- Documentary Appendix.-Notes and References.-Select Bibliography.-Index.
• Edition: Fifth edition
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (429 pages)
• Subjects: 361.650941; History; Welfare state -- Great Britain -- History; Public welfare -- Great Britain -- History; History -- Europe -- Great Britain; British & Irish history; History -- General; History; Great Britain -- Social policy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137605894
• Related ISBNs: 9781137605870
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