England's road to social security : from the Statute of laborers in 1349 to the Beveridge report of 1942 / Karl de Schweinitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Schweinitz, Karl, 1887-1975, author.

Series:

Anniversary Collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public welfare--England.

Public welfare.

Social security--Great Britain.

Social security.

Charities--Great Britain.

Charities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1943]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

I. POVERTY BECOMES A CONCERN OF GOVERNMENT

II. CHARITY BEFORE 1536

III. THE BEGINNING OF PUBLIC RELIEF

IV. DEVELOPMENTS ON THE CONTINENT

V. THE LAW OF SETTLEMENT

VI. THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE UNEMPLOYED

VII. THE WORKHOUSE

VIII. THE ALLOWANCE IN SUPPORT OF WAGES

IX. ADMINISTRATION PRIOR TO 1834

X. HAMBURG AND MUNICH

XI. THOMAS CHALMERS

XII. THE REFORM OF 1834

XIII. A NEW ADMINISTRATION OF RELIEF

XIV. THE ORGANIZATION OF CHARITY

XV. THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST OUTDOOR RELIEF

XVI. A NEW FERMENT

XVII. THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF 1909

XVIII. SOCIAL INSURANCE

XIX. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

XX. THE ASSISTANCE BOARD

XXI. THE BEVERIDGE REPORT

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781512815498

1512815497

OCLC:

1100454759