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Forming nation, framing welfare / edited by Gail Lewis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis, Gail.
- 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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