Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. Acronyms x
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Early life and career to the end of 1941
7. ‘As the son of a farmer…’: origins, early employment, and personal life 19
8. Politics: the Liberal Party, the ‘Fleet Street Parliament’, and Forward March 33
9. The Eugenics Society, Poverty and Population, and ‘Manpower and Health’ 51
10. The Titmuss gospel and progressive opinion 69
11. From Problems of Social Policy to the London School of Economics
12. Problems of Social Policy: researching and firewatching 85
13. Titmuss and the Eugenics Society in war 109
14. Titmuss and the media in the 1940s: a growing reputation 125
15. Population and family: Parents Revolt and the beginnings of social medicine 137
16. The London School of Economics and ‘Social Administration in a Changing Society’ 155
17. First decade at the LSE
18. Setting out his stall 173
19. The Guillebaud Committee and the early years of the National Health Service 189
20. Pensions and old age 205
21. ‘We have our differences and do not always see eye to eye’: social work and social work training 227
22. Essays on ‘The Welfare State’ and The Irresponsible Society 251
23. Power and influence: Titmuss, 1960 to 1973
24. ‘The apostle of equality’: Titmuss and R.H. Tawney 273
25. Mental health, community care, and medical education 289
26. Mauritius, Tanganyika (Tanzania), and Israel 307
27. Scottish social work and the Seebohm Committee 331
28. Commitment to Welfare and the Finer Committee on One-Parent Families 349
29. Titmuss and North America: early encounters and first visit 369
30. Helping American scholars on British topics 387
31. Titmuss and President Johnson’s ‘War on Poverty’ 403
32. ‘One of the greatest human beings of our time’: Titmuss’s influence on North American thinking on social welfare 423
33. Troubles?
34. The Labour government, social policy, and the Supplementary Benefits Commission 441
35. A public figure in troubled times: Vietnam, race relations, and the Common Market 467
36. Healthcare, the market, and the Institute of Economic Affairs: the making of The Gift Relationship 483
37. ‘It really is hell’: disruption at the LSE 505
38. ‘A new prophet had appeared in our midst’: final illness, death, and memorial service 523
39. Conclusion
40. A commitment to welfare: the life and work of Richard Titmuss 541
41. Publications by Richard Titmuss cited in this volume (not including letters to the press, editorials, typescripts/drafts and book reviews) 559
42. Frequently cited secondary sources 565
43. Archival sources* 566
44. Index 567