The evolution of the British welfare state :
Fraser, Derek.
The evolution of the British welfare state : a history of social policy since the industrial revolution / Derek Fraser. - 4th ed. - Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. - xxiii, 434 p. ; 23 cm.
Previous ed.: 2003.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of Tables.- Preface.- Preface to the Second Edition.- Preface to the Third Edition.- Preface to the Fourth Edition.- Acknowledgements.- Select Time Chart, 1801-2008.- Introduction: Perspectives on the History of Welfare.- The Factory Question .- The Poor Law.- Public Health.- Education and Welfare.- Laissez-faire and State Intervention in the Mid-Nineteenth Century.- The Growing Awareness of Poverty.- Liberal Social Policy, 1905-14.- Politics and Policy, 1914-39.- War and Welfare in the 1940s.- The Welfare State in Modern Britain.- Documentary Appendix.- Notes and References.- Select Bibliography.- Index.
9780230224650 (hbk.) 0230224652 (hbk.) 9780230224667 (pbk.) 0230224660
Welfare state--History.--Great Britain
Public welfare--History.--Great Britain
361.650941
The evolution of the British welfare state : a history of social policy since the industrial revolution / Derek Fraser. - 4th ed. - Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. - xxiii, 434 p. ; 23 cm.
Previous ed.: 2003.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of Tables.- Preface.- Preface to the Second Edition.- Preface to the Third Edition.- Preface to the Fourth Edition.- Acknowledgements.- Select Time Chart, 1801-2008.- Introduction: Perspectives on the History of Welfare.- The Factory Question .- The Poor Law.- Public Health.- Education and Welfare.- Laissez-faire and State Intervention in the Mid-Nineteenth Century.- The Growing Awareness of Poverty.- Liberal Social Policy, 1905-14.- Politics and Policy, 1914-39.- War and Welfare in the 1940s.- The Welfare State in Modern Britain.- Documentary Appendix.- Notes and References.- Select Bibliography.- Index.
9780230224650 (hbk.) 0230224652 (hbk.) 9780230224667 (pbk.) 0230224660
Welfare state--History.--Great Britain
Public welfare--History.--Great Britain
361.650941