| The Break-Up of the Poor Law: Being Part One of the Minority Report of the Poor Law Commission Contributor(s): Webb, Beatrice (Author), Webb, Sidney (Author) |
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ISBN: 147331089X ISBN-13: 9781473310896 Publisher: Budge Press OUR PRICE: $32.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2013 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy |
| Physical Information: 1.43" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.78 lbs) 646 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This early work by Beatrice Webb was originally published in 1909 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Break-Up of the Poor Law' is a great insight into the historical effects of social policies and their relevance to the general population. Beatrice Potter Webb was born in Gloucester, England in 1858. Educated at home by a governess, she also travelled widely and, due to this, gained a keen interest in sociology. Using the valuable resource of her father's library, studying became a passion, and she soon began to conduct her own sociological investigations. However, it was a time she spent with relatives in Lancashire, that Beatrice had her first glimpse of the working classes and their way of life. In 1913, along with her husband, Beatrice created the New Statesman, which grew to become an incredibly influential publication. They also founded the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1895. The Webb's, together, wrote eleven volumes of work which arguably shaped the way subsequent scholars thought about sociology. |