The Cambridge Social History of Britain, 1750-1950, volume 3: Social Agencies and Institutions

The final volume discusses the institutions that affected social conditions and influenced values and attitudes. Social policies were made for the most part by the comfortably off and those in power for the supposed good of the less fortunate. Contributors to this volume examine these initiatives with regard to, among others, the development of health care, philanthropy and the voluntary sector, the police and crime, professional associations and unions. The theme of this chapter is the manner in which Government influenced the lives of citizens of England and Wales, their behaviour and conditions of life according to which principles and with what effects. V. 1. Regions And Communities -- V. 2. People And Their Environment -- V. 3. Social Agencies And Institutions. Edited By F.m.l. Thompson. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.