Poverty, Philanthropy and the State
Subtitle: Charities and the Working Classes in London, 1918-79
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: January 19, 2010
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780719078750
Subjects: History -- Europe -- England; History -- Europe -- Ireland; Nonfiction -- Current Events -- Poverty; Nonfiction -- Social Sciences -- Philanthropy & Charity; Nonfiction -- Social Sciences -- Sociology
Description: This title looks at a number of charities in London between 1918 and 1979, and the ways in which they negotiated the growth of the welfare state and changes in the communities around them.