State, Society and the Poor in Nineteenth-Century England: In Nineteenth-Century England

ISBN-13: 9780333632543 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 207 str.

Alan Kidd

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

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.