The Origins of the British Welfare State: Society, State and Social Welfare in England and Wales, 1800-1945

by Bernard Harris

Book Overview

Over the last 200 years Britain has witnessed profound changes in the nature and extent of state welfare. Drawing on the latest historical and social science research The Origins of the British Welfare State looks at the main developments in the history of social welfare provision in this period. It looks at the nature of problems facing British society in the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries and shows how these provided the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333649982
• ISBN13: 9780333649985
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"