No Charity There: A Short History of Social Welfare in Australia

ISBN-13: 9780367718800 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 220 str.

Brian Dickey

Opis

No Charity There provides the first general history of social welfare in Australia.

Spis treści

Prefaces

Introduction

1. The Convict Era 1788-1850

2. Charity in the Age of Free Trade 1835-70

3. Review and Expansion 1870-90

4. Charity or Universal Entitlement? 1890-1916

5. Charity in Crisis 1916-41

6. Social Welfare under a Federal Labour Government 1941-49

7. Social Security of the Middle Classes 1949-72

8. Welfare as Justice? 1972-86

Notes

Index

O autorze

Dr. Brian Dickey is a Reader in History at the Flinders University of South Australia. He has published widely in Australian history and is involved in a variety of activities designed to make history accessible to the ordinary reader.