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Forming nation, framing welfare / edited by Gail Lewis.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Lewis, Gail.
Contributor:
Lewis, Gail, 1951- editor.
Series:
Social policy--welfare, power and diversity ; bk. 2.
Social policy--welfare, power and diversity ; bk. 2
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Public welfare--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Public welfare.
Public welfare--Great Britain--History--20th century.
Social problems.
Welfare state.
Great Britain--Social policy.
Great Britain.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (351 p.)
Place of Publication:
2006.
London ; New York : Routledge in association with the Open University, 1998.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Introduces an historical perspective on the emergence and development of social welfare. Starting from the family, it traces some of the crucial historical roots of contemporary social problems and policies.
Contents:
Book Cover; Half-Title; Series Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 A Family for Nation and Empire; CHAPTER 2 'Remoralizing' the Poor?: Gender, Class and Philanthropy in Victorian Britain; CHAPTER 3 Education for Labour: Social Problems of Nationhood; CHAPTER 4 Education for 'Minorities': Irish Catholics in Britain; CHAPTER 5 Patterns of Visibility: Unemployment in Britain during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; CHAPTER 6 Families of Meaning: Contemporary Discourses of the Family; CHAPTER 7 Review; Acknowledgements; Index; The Open University Course Team
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CC BY-NC-ND
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBook Central, viewed December 18, 2023).
ISBN:
9786610313693
9781134677009
1134677006
9781134677016
1134677014
9781280313691
1280313692
9780203984161
0203984161
OCLC:
475966983

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