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The prevention of destitution
Title
The prevention of destitution / by Sidney and Beatrice Webb.
Published
London ; New York : Longmans, Green and Co., 1911.
Physical Description
vi, 348 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Local Notes
BEIN Gray Social Thought 3076: Autograph: George Green. Bookseller's label: Bernard Hanison Books, 38 Aberdeen Road, Highbury Barn, London, N.5 England. Socialist literature and modern fiction specialists. From the library of Bradford H. Gray.
Notes
Each chapter followed by an appendix with notes and references.
"The subject of this book is destitution as it exists in the United Kingdom to-day."
Other formats
Online version: Webb, Sidney, 1859-1947. Prevention of destitution. London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green and Co., 19l1
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preface
Destitution as a disease of society
How to prevent the destitution that arises from sickness
Destitution and eugenics
How to prevent the destitution arising from child neglect
Sweating and unemployment as causes of destitution
How to prevent unemployment and under-employment
Insurance
The enlarged sphere of voluntary agencies in the prevention of destitution
The need for a common register and a registrar of public assistance
The "moral factor."
Index.
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Bradford H. Gray Collection in the History of Social Thought (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Bernard Hanison Books, bookseller.
England London.
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