Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. 1. Economic Insecurity and Social Policy 1
5. PART I. Social Policy and Self- Help in Victorian Britain
6. 2. Poor Relief, Charity, and Self- Help in Crisis Times, 1834–69 37
7. 3. Social Welfare Policy, Living Standards, and Self- Help, 1861–1908 75
8. 4. Unemployment and Unemployment Relief 106
9. 5. Old Age Poverty and Pauperism 134
10. PART II. Constructing the Welfare State
11. 6. Living Standards in Edwardian England and the Liberal Welfare Reforms 169
12. 7. Social Welfare Policy and Living Standards between the Wars 217
13. 8. The Beveridge Report and the Implementation of the Welfare State 260
14. 9. What Was Gained 286
15. References 311
16. Index 335