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The Evolution of the British Welfare State

A History of Social Policy since the Industrial Revolution

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  • © 1973

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Authors:
  1. Derek Fraser

    1. University of Bradford, UK

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction

    • Derek Fraser
    Pages 1-9

  3. The Factory Question

    • Derek Fraser
    Pages 11-27

  4. The Poor Law

    • Derek Fraser
    Pages 28-50

  5. Public Health

    • Derek Fraser
    Pages 51-71

  6. Education and Welfare

    • Derek Fraser
    Pages 72-90

  7. Laissez-faire and State Intervention in the mid-Nineteenth Century

    • Derek Fraser
    Pages 91-114

  8. The Growing Awareness of Poverty

    • Derek Fraser
    Pages 115-134

  9. Liberal Social Policy, 1905–14

    • Derek Fraser
    Pages 135-163

  10. The Inter-War Years

    • Derek Fraser
    Pages 164-191

  11. War and Welfare in the 1940s

    • Derek Fraser
    Pages 192-222

  12. Conclusion

    • Derek Fraser
    Pages 223-232

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 233-299
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  • University of Bradford, UK

    Derek Fraser

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