Bread for All
Author | : Chris Renwick |
Publisher | : Penguin Group |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
ISBN-10 | : 0141980354 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780141980355 |
Rating | : 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "This ... new history tells the story of one [of] the greatest transformations in British intellectual, social and political life: the creation of the welfare state, from the Victorian workhouse, where you had to be destitute to receive help, to a moment just after the Second World War, when government embraced responsibility for people's housing, education, health and family life, a commitment that was unimaginable just a century earlier. Though these changes were driven by developments in different and sometimes unexpected currents in British life, they were linked by one over-arching idea: that through rational and purposeful intervention, government can remake society. It was an idea that, during the early twentieth century, came to inspire people across the political spectrum."--Jacket