Screen LibraryThe winding road to the welfare state : economic insecurity and social welfare policy in Britain /
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Princeton University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton, New Jersey : |
| Publication Dates: | [2019] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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The Princeton economic history of the Western world
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| Carrier Form: | xiii, 346 pages : illustrations, forms ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-334) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780691178738 (hardback) : 0691178739 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | HN385 |
| CLC: | D756.17-09 |
| Call Number: | D756.17-09/B791 |
| Contents: | Economic Insecurity and Social Policy -- Part I. Social Policy and Self-Help in Victorian Britain. Poor Relief, Charity, and Self-Help in Crisis Times, 1834-69 -- Social Welfare Policy, Living Standards, and Self-Help, 1861-1908 -- Unemployment and Unemployment Relief -- Old Age Poverty and Pauperism -- Part II. Constructing the Welfare State. Living Standards in Edwardian England and the Liberal Welfare Reforms -- Social Welfare Policy and Living Standards between the Wars -- The Beveridge Report and the Implementation of the Welfare State -- What Was Gained. |