The Cambridge Social History of Britain, 1750-1950

by F. M. L. Thompson (Editor)

Overview

The final volume discusses the institutions that affected social conditions and influenced values and attitudes. Social policies were made for the most part by the comfortably off and those in power for the supposed good of the less fortunate. Contributors to this volume examine these initiatives with regard to, among others, the development of health care, philanthropy and the voluntary sector, the police and crime, professional associations and unions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521438148
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/19/1992
Series:	The Cambridge Social History of Britain, 1750-1950 3 Volume Paperback Set
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	512
Product dimensions:	1.14(w) x 9.02(h) x 5.98(d)

Table of Contents

1. The social implications of demographic change Michael Anderson; 2. The family in Britain Leonore Davidoff; 3. Work Patrick Joyce; 4. Housing M. J. Daunton; 5. Food, drink and nutrition D. J. Oddy; 6. Leisure and culture H. Cunningham.

Editorial Reviews

"These unique, comprehensive, collaborative volumes offer compelling evidence of the richness and vitality of British social history some three decades after its emergence in the later 1950s and early 1960s. In many ways the 22 essays written by scholars at institutions throughout Great Britain constitute a persuasive commentary on the current healthy status of the field." Social Science Quarterly

"...are certain to become standard reference works charting the course of scholarship at a particular point in time. That is no mean accomplishment, and social historians of Britain should be grateful for it." Social Science Quarterly

"The CSHB is saved from the unevenness common to many such endeavors by the expertness of its contributors and by a concern to produce more than a collection of articles. Each volume, indeed almost every essay, can stand on its own as a worthwhile contribution to understanding British social history and a useful resource for students at all levels. Both the footnotes and the extensive bibliographies show that the promise of scholarly currency has been kept." Thomas R. Knox, Journal of Cultural Geography

"...familiar stories are told with lucidity and intelligence. The contributors, most of whom are leading figures in their fields, provide consistently thorough and balanced discussions of significant historiographic issues and debates as well as evaluate 30 years of monographic literature on social history. This collection is an important work of synthesis and consolidation...." George Robb, Journal of Economic History

"...likely to stand as monuments to the scholarship of postwar Britain and to the increasing interest in the social history of that country." Joseph Melling, Business History Review

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