Medicine, charity and mutual aid :: the consumption of health and welfare in Britain, c.1550-1950 /

This book focuses on the recipients of charity, rather than the donors or institutions. By doing so, it tackles searching questions of social control and cohesion, and the relationship between providers and recipients in a new and revealing manner. It is shown how these issues changed over the cours...

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Other Authors: Borsay, Anne, Shapely, Peter
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007.
Series:Historical urban studies.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:This book focuses on the recipients of charity, rather than the donors or institutions. By doing so, it tackles searching questions of social control and cohesion, and the relationship between providers and recipients in a new and revealing manner. It is shown how these issues changed over the course of the nineteenth century, as the frontier between state and the voluntary sector shifted away from charity towards greater reliance on public finance, workers' contributions and mutual aid. In turn, these new sources of assistance enriched civil society, encouraging democratization, empowerment a.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 269 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780754684268
0754684261

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