Poor Relief and Charity 1869-1945: The London Charity Organisation Society

by Robert Humphreys

This volume challenges many widely held beliefs about the efficacy of the London Charity Organization Society. Politicians, social administrators, sociologists, economists, biographers and historians have been swayed by the strength of their propaganda. The Charity Organization Society continues to be used as an institutional model to illustrate the alleged advantages of voluntarism over state benefits. Poor Relief and Charity 1869-1945 exposes the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333968395
• ISBN13: 9780333968390
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.6"