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From Reformation to Improvement : Public Welfare in Early Modern England / Paul Slack.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Slack, Paul, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public welfare--England--History.
- Public welfare.
- Social problems--England--History.
- Social problems.
- Almshouses--England--History.
- Almshouses.
- Workhouses--England--History.
- Workhouses.
- England--Social policy.
- England.
- England--Social conditions--16th century.
- England--Social conditions--17th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 179 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon, 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Between the 16th and the 18th centuries, the character of English social policy and social welfare changed fundamentally. From Reformation to Improvement looks at the intellectual and political roots of this change.
- Notes:
- "The Ford lectures delivered in the University of Oxford, 1994-1995."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780191542596
- 0-19-154259-8
- 1-280-44530-0
- OCLC:
- 1027163462
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