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Hard and Unreal Advice : Mothers, Social Science and the Victorian Poverty Experts /

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The first detailed and systematic study of the social science of poverty as practiced by the Victorian experts who had so much influence on relief policy in this area, and who were among the founders of British social science. The book examines what they knew, or what they thought they knew, about t...

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Main Author: Martin, Kathleen Callanan (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Subjects:
History.
Cultural History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Modern History.
Politics of the Welfare State.
Social Care.
Social History.
Civilization > History.
History, Modern.
Social history.
Social service.
Welfare state.
Great Britain > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The first detailed and systematic study of the social science of poverty as practiced by the Victorian experts who had so much influence on relief policy in this area, and who were among the founders of British social science. The book examines what they knew, or what they thought they knew, about the poor.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (IX, 229 pages)
ISBN:9780230594050
DOI:10.1057/9780230594050