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<p>How did Britain transform itself from a nation of workhouses to one that became a model for the modern welfare state? <i>The Winding Road to the Welfare State</i> investigates the evolution of living standards and welfare policies in Britain from the 1830s to 1950 and provides insights into how British working-class households coped with economic insecurity. George Boyer examines the retrenchment in Victorian poor relief, the Liberal Welfare Reforms, and the beginnings of the postwar welfare
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- Author
- George R. Boyer
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780691183992
- Category
- business
- Subjects
- Business, History, Social Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
Other editions & translations
- The Winding Road to the Welfare State: Economic Insecurity and Social Welfare Policy in Britain (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World Book 91) (2018)
- The Winding Road to the Welfare State: Economic Insecurity and Social Welfare Policy in Britain (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World, 91) (2018)
- The Winding Road to the Welfare State: Economic Insecurity and Social Welfare Policy in Britain (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World, 91) (2019)
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