Charity, Self-Interest And Welfare In Britain: 1500 To The Present (Neale Colloquium in British History)

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
The Neale Colloquium in British History......Page 7
Notes on contributors......Page 8
1 Introduction......Page 10
2 Charity, self-interest and welfare: reflections from demographic and family history......Page 27
3 Some recent trends in the history of charity......Page 47
4 Charity and poor relief in early modern Italy......Page 57
5 Aged and impotent: parish relief of the aged poor in early modern Suffolk......Page 76
6 Old people and their families in the English past......Page 93
7 The “mixed economy of welfare” in early modern England: assessments of the options from Hale to Malthus (c. 1683-1803)......Page 113
8 “Grasping gratitude”: charity and hospital finance in late-Victorian London......Page 144
9 Women, social work and social welfare in twentieth-century Britain: from (unpaid) influence to (paid) oblivion?......Page 161
10 Risk, redistribution and social welfare in Britain from the poor law to Beveridge......Page 177
11 Some concluding reflections......Page 196
Index......Page 200