England's Road to Social Security : : From the Statute of Laborers in 1349 to the Beveridge Report of 1942 / / Karl De Schweinitz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Schweinitz, Karl De,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [1943]; ©1943
• Year of Publication: 1943
• Language: English
• Series: Anniversary Collection
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (292 p.)

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- I. POVERTY BECOMES A CONCERN OF GOVERNMENT -- II. CHARITY BEFORE 1536 -- III. THE BEGINNING OF PUBLIC RELIEF -- IV. DEVELOPMENTS ON THE CONTINENT -- V. THE LAW OF SETTLEMENT -- VI. THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE UNEMPLOYED -- VII. THE WORKHOUSE -- VIII. THE ALLOWANCE IN SUPPORT OF WAGES -- IX. ADMINISTRATION PRIOR TO 1834 -- X. HAMBURG AND MUNICH -- XI. THOMAS CHALMERS -- XII. THE REFORM OF 1834 -- XIII. A NEW ADMINISTRATION OF RELIEF -- XIV. THE ORGANIZATION OF CHARITY -- XV. THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST OUTDOOR RELIEF -- XVI. A NEW FERMENT -- XVII. THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF 1909 -- XVIII. SOCIAL INSURANCE -- XIX. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE -- XX. THE ASSISTANCE BOARD -- XXI. THE BEVERIDGE REPORT -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX