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- catalog abstract ""Over the last 200 years Britain has witnessed profound changes in the nature and extent of state welfare. Drawing on the latest historical and social science research. The Origins of the British Welfare State looks at the main developments in the history of social welfare provision in this period." "This comprehensive and broad-ranging yet accessible account encourages the reader to question the 'inevitability' of present-day arrangements and provides an important framework for comparative analysis. It will be essential reading for all concerned with social policy, British social history and public policy."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13293201.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Social policy.".
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""Over the last 200 years Britain has witnessed profound changes in the nature and extent of state welfare. Drawing on the latest historical and social science research. The Origins of the British Welfare State looks at the main developments in the history of social welfare provision in this period." "This comprehensive and broad-ranging yet accessible account encourages the reader to question the 'inevitability' of present-day arrangements and provides an important framework for comparative analysis. It will be essential reading for all concerned with social policy, British social history and public policy."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 376-382) and index.".
- catalog description "The growth of state intervention -- Britain in the age of industrial growth -- The New Poor Law and the relief of poverty, 1834-1914 -- Charity and philanthropy in the nineteenth century -- Welfare from below: self-help and mutual aid -- Medicine and health care in the nineteenth century -- Public health in the nineteenth century -- Housing policy and housing conditions, 1800-1914 -- Education and schooling, 1800-1914 -- The Liberal welfare reforms, 1906-14 -- The First World War and social policy -- Voluntary action and the 'new philanthropy', 1914-39 -- Unemployment and poverty between the wars -- Health and medical care, 1918-39 -- Housing policy between the wars -- Educational provision between the wars -- The Second World War and after.".
- catalog extent "xii, 402 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0333649974 (cloth)".
- catalog identifier "0333649982 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Palgrave Macmillan,".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Social policy.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog subject "362.942/09/034 22".
- catalog subject "HV245 .H346 2004".
- catalog subject "Public welfare Great Britain History.".
- catalog subject "Welfare state Great Britain History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The growth of state intervention -- Britain in the age of industrial growth -- The New Poor Law and the relief of poverty, 1834-1914 -- Charity and philanthropy in the nineteenth century -- Welfare from below: self-help and mutual aid -- Medicine and health care in the nineteenth century -- Public health in the nineteenth century -- Housing policy and housing conditions, 1800-1914 -- Education and schooling, 1800-1914 -- The Liberal welfare reforms, 1906-14 -- The First World War and social policy -- Voluntary action and the 'new philanthropy', 1914-39 -- Unemployment and poverty between the wars -- Health and medical care, 1918-39 -- Housing policy between the wars -- Educational provision between the wars -- The Second World War and after.".
- catalog title "The origins of the British welfare state : society, state and social welfare in England and Wales, 1800-1945 / Bernard Harris.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".