State, Society and the Poor in Nineteenth-century England
Alan J. Kidd
Today, it is impossible to separate discussion of poverty from the priorities of state welfare. A hundred years ago, most working class households avoided or coped with poverty without recourse to the state. The Poor Law after 1834 offered little more than a safety net for the poorest, and much welfare was organised through charitable societies, self-help institutions and mutual aid networks. Rather than look for the origins of modern provision, the author casts light on the practices, ideology and outcomes of nineteenth-century welfare.
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Рік:
1999
Видавництво:
MacMillan Publishing Company
Мова:
english
Сторінки:
207
ISBN 10:
0333693361
ISBN 13:
9785319993625
Серії:
Social History in Perspective
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PDF, 20.41 MB
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english, 1999