Bread for All
The Origins of the Welfare State
$34.17
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
15 August 2018
Summary
A landmark book from a remarkable new historian, on a subject that has never been more important - or imperilled.
Today, everybody seems to agree that something has gone badly wrong with the British welfare state. This major new history tells the story of one the greatest transformations in British intellectual, social and political life: the creation of the welfare state, from the Victorian workhouse, where you had to be destitute to receive help, to a moment just after the Second Wo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141980355 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141980354 |
| Author: | Chris Renwick |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 15 August 2018 |
| Weight: | 248g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 131mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
A brilliant book, full of little revelations
A brilliant book, full of little revelations – Jon Cruddas * Prospect *
Carefully argued, deftly balanced and wittily written, with countless lovely details – Dominic Sandbrook * Sunday Times *
Chris Renwick
Chris Renwick is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at the University of York, where he has taught since 2010. His main area of expertise is the relationship between biology, social science and politics, especially how the interaction of the three has shaped the way we think about, study, and govern society since the early nineteenth century.
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