Wealth and welfare
Subtitle: an economic and social history of Britain : 1851-1951
By: Martin Daunton.
Series: Economic and social history of Britain series
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780198732099
Subjects: Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 19th century; Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 20th century; Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century; Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The nation's wealth and the people's welfare; title: Agriculture and the land; title: Industry and the urban economy; title: The service economy; title: The growth of the British economy; title: Free trade and protectionism; title: Capital exports; title: The rise and demise of the gold standard; title: Rebuilding the international economic order?; title: Births and marriages; title: Deaths and disease; title: Rich and poor; title: Cultures of consumption; title: Taxing and spending; title: Education; title: From the poor law to the welfare state; title: Managing the economy; title: The festival of Britain and British identity.