The prevention of destitution [electronic resource] / by Sidney and Beatrice Webb.

Author
Webb, Sidney, 1859-1947 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London ; New York : Longmans, Green and Co., 1912 (Garden City Press Ltd, Letchworth, Herts)
Description
1 online resource (vi, [1], 348, [16], 32 p.) : ill.

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Series
  • Making of the modern world. Part 2 (1851-1914) [More in this series]
  • The making of the modern world. Part 2 (1851-1914)
Notes
  • Publisher's advertising: 16 p. 4th count, and 32 p., 5th count.
  • Reproduction from the The Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature, Senate House Library, University of London.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Learning, 2011. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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.
OCLC
797291979
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