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

By: Daunton, M. J. (Martin J.)Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Economic and social history of BritainPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007Description: xv, 656 p. : illSubject(s): Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 19th century | Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 20th century | Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century | Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 330.941/08 LOC classification: HC255 | .D38 2007Online resources: Click to View
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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