Cover Image

Wealth and welfare an economic and social history of Britain, 1851-1951 /

Main Author: Daunton, M. J.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Series:Economic and social history of Britain
Subjects:
Great Britain > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Great Britain > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Great Britain > Social conditions > 19th century.
Great Britain > Social conditions > 20th century.
Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10199670
Table of Contents:
  • The nation's wealth and the people's welfare
  • Agriculture and the land
  • Industry and the urban economy
  • The service economy
  • The growth of the British economy
  • Free trade and protectionism
  • Capital exports
  • The rise and demise of the gold standard
  • Rebuilding the international economic order?
  • Births and marriages
  • Deaths and disease
  • Rich and poor
  • Cultures of consumption
  • Taxing and spending
  • Education
  • From the poor law to the welfare state
  • Managing the economy
  • The festival of Britain and British identity.

Similar Items