The Origin of the Welfare State in England and Germany, 1850-1914
Subtitle: Social Policies Compared
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 9, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780521592123
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; Europe; United Kingdom, Great Britain; History / Europe / General; Europe - General; History; History: World
Description: This is a comparative study of the origins of the welfare state in England and Germany from 1850 to 1914. The author analyses policies on social security and the public provision of medical care, dealing with public poor relief, industrial injury, with sickness, invalidity and old age, and with unemployment.