The later-19th century and Edwardian era, suggests Jose Harris in this book, represent a sharp break with the early years of Queen Victoria's reign. Indeed, despite the intense upheavals of two world wars, it was the beliefs, social structures and oppositional forces established between 1870 and 1914 which dominated British life right up until the 1960s.

Private Lives, Public Spirit: Britain: 1870-1914 (Social Hist of Britain)

History

Harris, José

Europe

Penguin??Books

Unemployment and Politics: A Study in English Social Policy, 1886-1914

Business & Money

Economics

Oxford University Press

This is a lively and original new study of the social history of Britain between 1870 and 1914, cogently organized and well written. Harris, while not underestimating the impact of the First World War, demonstrates that many of the far-reaching social changes apparent afterwards actually had their origins in the 1870s and 1880s. She identifies important trends and movements, providing a valuable overview of late Victorian and Edwardian society. At the same time, she conveys a sense of idosyncrasy, nuance, and diversity. While the period has often been regarded as one of great moral and political certainty, Harris reveals the doubts of its contemporaries. She shows that in many respects Great Britain at this period was a ramshackle and amorphous society, characterized by a myriad contradictory opinions. A vivid and compelling depiction of Britain in the period before the First World War, this book makes absorbing reading.

Private Lives, Public Spirit: A Social History of Britain 1870-1914

This new edition of Harris's biography of William Beveridge draws upon extensive new archive material about his private and public career. It expands the account given in the first edition of the origins and reception of the Beveridge Plan, and shows how the tortuous character of Beveridge's personal and emotional history helped to shape his contribution to twentieth-century social reform.

William Beveridge: A Biography

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Clarendon Press

Unemployment and politics;: A study in English social policy, 1886-1914

Management & Leadership

This new edition of Jose Harris's biography of William Beveridge expands the account given in the first edition of the origins and reception of the Beveridge Plan, and shows how the tortuous character of Beveridge's personal and emotional history helped to shape his contribution to twentieth century social reform.

Professionals & Academics

Oxford Univ. Pr.

In this volume leading social historians examine the 'mixed economy of welfare' that typified the era Before Beveridge. They present a picture of a complex web of interlocking institutions, involving, at the most basic level, family and neighbours, then the formal voluntary sector, which embraced both charitable and mutual aid bodies, together with services delivered by central and local government and the commercial market.This 'mixed economy of welfare' has once again become an important part of the contemporary policy maker's agenda. As a consequence, this collection of historical essays has a direct bearing on one of the most important debates of the present time.

Before Beveridge - Welfare Before the Welfare State (Choice in Welfare 47)

Lewis, Jane

Thane, Pat

Whiteside, Noel

Green, David A.

Vincent, A. W.

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Inst of Economic Affairs

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