Getting the Measure of Poverty: The Early Legacy of Seebohm Rowntree (Studies in Cash & Care)

A collection of papers with an historical theme, representing a fundamental review of'A Study of Town Life'and its impact on the study of poverty and on wider empirical research. Editors' Introduction / Jonathan Bradshaw And Roy Sainsbury -- Seebohm Rowntree's Poverty: A Study Of Town Life In Historical Perspective / Lord Asa Briggs -- Poverty And Its Early Critics: The Search For A Value-free Definition Of The Problem / Graham Bowpitt -- Unfinished Business: Seebohm Rowntree's Project For British Minimum Income Standards / John Veit-wilson -- Seebohm Rowntree And The Measurement Of Poverty, 1899-1951 / Bernard Harris -- Rowntree, Poverty Lines And School Boards / Alan Gillie. Edited By Jonathan Bradshaw And Roy Sainsbury. Contains Papers Presented At A Conference By The Joseph Rowntree Foundation At The University Of York In March 1998, Marking The Centenary Of Seebohm Rowntree's Poverty: A Study Of Town Life. Includes Bibliographical References. This volume collects papers with a historical theme. They represent a fundamental review of "A Study of Town Life" and its impact on the study of poverty and empirical research more generally A collection of papers with a historical theme, representing a fundamental review of 'A Study of Town Life' and its impact on poverty studies and wider empirical research.