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State, Society and the Poor in Nineteenth-Century England - A. Kidd

State, Society and the Poor in Nineteenth-Century England

In Nineteenth-Century England

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Buch | Hardcover
207 Seiten
1999
Red Globe Press (Verlag)
978-0-333-63253-6 (ISBN)
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Today it is impossible to separate discussion of poverty from the priorities of state welfare. 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.
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 a searching light on the practices, ideology and outcomes of nineteenth-century welfare. This original and stimulating study, based upon a wealth of scholarship, is essential reading for all students of poverty and welfare. It also contains much to interest a wider readership.

ALAN KIDD is Reader in History at Manchester Metropolitan University. His previous publications include Manchester, The Making of the British Middle Class and Gender, Civic Culture and Consumerism.

Acknowledgements.- A Mixed Economy of Welfare.- The State and Pauperism.- Voluntary Charity and the Poor.- The Working Class, Self Help and Mutual Aid.- Poverty and Welfare in Historical Perspective.- Appendix.- Notes.- Further Reading.- Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 8.7.1999
Reihe/Serie Social History in Perspective
Social History in Perspective
Zusatzinfo VIII, 207 p.
Sprache englisch
Maße 138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Allgemeines / Lexika
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Kulturgeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Sozialgeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-333-63253-2 / 0333632532
ISBN-13 978-0-333-63253-6 / 9780333632536
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