Poor relief and welfare in Germany from the Reformation to World War I / Larry Frohman.
Poor relief and welfare in Germany from the Reformation to World War I / Larry Frohman.
Poor relief and welfare in Germany from the Reformation to World War I / Larry Frohman.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N362.5562/1
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English
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Physical content
x, 257 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. Discipline, community, and the 16th-century origins of modern poor relief -- 2. The rise and fall of the workhouse: poor relief and social policy in the age of absolutism -- 3. Pauperism, moral reform, and visions of civil society, 1800-1870 -- 4. The state, the market, and the regulation of poor...
12. Wartime youth welfare and the progressive refiguring of the social contract.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2008.
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Summary
While the Bismarckian social insurance programs have long been regarded as the origin of the German welfare state, this book shows how preventive social welfare programs - the second pillar of the welfare state - evolved out of traditional poor relief, and it emphasizes the role of Progressive reformers and local, voluntary initiative in this proce...
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Poor relief and welfare in Germany from the Reformation to World War I / Larry Frohman.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N362.5562/1
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74VMbPly5rGO
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ISBN
9780521506038 (hardback)
0521506034 (hardback)
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362.556209430903
MMS ID
991000689769702626
