Medicine, Charity and Mutual Aid
The Consumption of Health and Welfare in Britain, c.1550-1950
The history of the voluntary sector in British towns and cities has received increasing scholarly attention in recent years. Nevertheless, whilst there have been a number of valuable contributions looking at issues such as charity as a key welfare provider, charity and medicine, and charity and power in the community, there has been no book length exploration of the role and position of the recipient. By focusing on the recipients of charity, rather than the donors or institutions, this volume tackles searching questions of social control and cohesion, and the relationship between providers and recipients in a new and revealing manner. It i…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Borsay, Anne (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-317-09825-6
- EAN: 9781317098256
- Produktnummer: 20175191
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 284 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'292 KB
Über den Autor
Anne Borsay is Professor in the School of Health Science, University of Wales Swansea, UK. Dr Peter Shapely is a lecturer at the School of History, University of Wales Bangor, UK.
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