Wealth and welfare [electronic resource] : an economic and social history of Britain, 1851-1951 / Martin Daunton.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Daunton, M. J. (Martin J.)
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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:
eBook Business Collection (EBSCOhost) - North America: 2007 (EBSCO)
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2007 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2007 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Wealth and Welfare: An Economic and Social History of Britain 1851-1951
Format: Electronic eBook
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.