Comparative Development in Social Welfare

Social welfare history has needed historical reconsideration since the growth of regional research. Pivoting on a central theme of the development of public provision for social welfare, this book (originally published in 1972) investigates how elements of social policy have evolved in Great Britain and the US from 16th to 20th century.

1. The History of Changing Approaches to Social Welfare 2. From Parish to Union: Poor Law Administration, 1601-1865 3. The Unreformed Workhouse, 1776-1834 4 Speenhamland in Berkshire 5. Public Assistance in the United States: Colonial Times to 1860 6. The American Historian and Social Welfare: From the Civil War to World War II 7. Victorian Social Provision: Central and Local Administration 8. The History of Medical Care