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The prevention of destitution / by Sidney and Beatrice Webb.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Webb, Sidney, 1859-1947.
- Series:
- Making of the Modern World, Part II : 1851-1914.
- The Making of the Modern World, Part II : 1851-1914
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poor laws--Great Britain.
- Poor laws.
- Charities--Great Britain.
- Charities.
- Poor--Great Britain.
- Poor.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 1 unnumbered page, 348 pages, 16 unnumbered pages, 32 pages) : illustrations.
- Manufacture:
- Garden City Press Ltd, Letchworth, Herts
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Longmans, Green and Co., 1912.
- Contents:
- Preface.
- Destitution as a disease of society.
- How to prevent the destitution that arises from sickness.
- Destitution and eugenics.
- How to prevent the destitution arising from child neglect.
- Sweating and unemployment as causes of destitution.
- How to prevent unemployment and under-employment.
- Insurance.
- The enlarged sphere of voluntary agencies in the prevention of destitution.
- The need for a common register and a registrar of public assistance.
- The "moral factor."
- Index.
- Notes:
- Publisher's advertising: 16 p. 4th count, and 32 p., 5th count.
- Reproduction from the The Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature, Senate House Library, University of London.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Learning, 2011. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
- OCLC:
- 797291979
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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