Das Betteln war bis ins 20. Jahrhundert hinein ein weitverbreitetes Phanomen in Europa, trotz aller Bemuhungen um seine Unterbindung seit dem ausgehenden Mittelalter. Die Geschichtsschreibung hat das Fortleben der individuellen Gabenbitte im Zeitalter der Industrialisierung, der Urbanisierung und des entstehenden Sozialstaats bisher allerdings wenig beachtet. Wer waren die Bettler der Moderne, und wie reagierte die Gesellschaft auf sie? Dieser Band versammelt acht historische Fallstudien zu europaischen Stadten des 19. und fruhen 20. Jahrhunderts Oxford, St. Petersburg, Athen, Rom, Wien,...
Das Betteln war bis ins 20. Jahrhundert hinein ein weitverbreitetes Phanomen in Europa, trotz aller Bemuhungen um seine Unterbindung seit dem ausgehen...
The strife for social improvement that arose in the decades around the turn of the 20th century raised the issue of social conformity in new ways: how were citizens who did not adhere to the rules to be dealt with? This edited collection opens new perspectives on the history of the emerging welfare state by focusing on its margins.
The strife for social improvement that arose in the decades around the turn of the 20th century raised the issue of social conformity in new ways: how...
In many ways, the European welfare state constituted a response to the new forms of social fracture and economic turbulence that were born out of industrialization-challenges that were particularly acute for groups whose integration into society seemed the most tenuous. Covering a range of national cases, this volume explores the relationship of weak social ties to poverty and how ideas about this relationship informed welfare policies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. By focusing on three representative populations-neglected children, the homeless, and the unemployed-it provides...
In many ways, the European welfare state constituted a response to the new forms of social fracture and economic turbulence that were born out of ...
