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State, Society and the Poor in Nineteenth-Century England: In Nineteenth-Century England
ISBN: 9780333632543 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 207 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. 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...
Today it is impossible to separate discussion of poverty from the priorities of state welfare. A hundred years ago, most working-class households avoi...
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178,68 zł |
People, places and identities: Themes in British social and cultural history, 1700s-1980s
ISBN: 9780719090356 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This book of essays on British social and cultural history since the eighteenth century draws attention to relatively neglected topics including personal and collective identities, the meanings of place, especially locality and the significance of cultures of association. This book of essays on British social and cultural history since the eighteenth century draws attention to relatively neglected topics including pe... |
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Manchester: Making the Modern City
ISBN: 9781846318788 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Every town and city has its story, but few have a history that is essential to understanding how the modern world was made. Manchester was the first industrial city and arguably the first modern city. During the industrial revolution it became the centre of the world's trade in cotton goods, so associated with that product that it was known as 'Cottonopolis'.
In the nineteenth century Manchester was recognised across the globe as a symbol of industrialism and modernity. It was one of those iconic cities that came to stand for something more than itself. Its global reach stretched beyond... Every town and city has its story, but few have a history that is essential to understanding how the modern world was made. Manchester was the first i...
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91,02 zł |