| Edwin Chadwick: Nineteenth-Century Social Reform Contributor(s): Gladstone, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415168716 ISBN-13: 9780415168717 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $3182.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1997 Annotation: Among the works in this important collection are many of the Victorian crusader's rarer pamphlets and addresses to learned societies. Also included are major publications such as the 1842 "Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population," a piece which became one of the seminal documents of the nineteenth century public health movement. Other facets of social welfare in which Chadwick was actively involved included the Poor Law, police, education and the evolving responsibilites of central and local government. Each volume contains a specially prepared Introduction. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science |
| Dewey: 362.109 |
| Series: Pioneers in Social Welfare |
| Physical Information: 2473 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Edwin Chadwick (1800-1890) is most famous for his contributions to the public health movement of the nineteenth century where his 1842 Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population highlighted the unsanitary conditions that prevailed in the industrial towns and cities of Victorian Britain. While particular cities are mentioned in his work, such as London, Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool, his work had an effect on Britain as a whole as it changed government policy on a national level. Other facets of social welfare in which he was actively involved included the Poor Law, police, education and the evolving responsibilites of central and local government. This collection includes a reprint of Finer's biography, The Life and Times of Sir Edwin Chadwick, Chadwick's 1842 Sanitary Report and many of his rarer pamphlets and addresses to learned societies. Each of the volumes also contains a specially prepared Introduction. |