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the guide to historical resources • Issue 14: Welfare •


Welfare

Book cover: Charity, Philanthropy, and Civility in American History

Book cover: Charity, Philanthropy,
and Civility in American History

Book reviews

The reviews below are taken from the Institute of Historical Research's online journal Reviews in History.

Tractarians and the 'Condition of England': The Social and Political Thought of the Oxford Movement

by S. A. Skinner
Review by Frank Turner
Response by S. A. Skinner

Young Women, Work, and Family in England, 1918–1950

by Selina Todd
Review by Mary Abbott

Making English Morals: Voluntary Association And Moral Reform In England, 1787-1886

by M. J. D. Roberts
Review by Martin Gorsky
Response by M. J. D. Roberts

'Unfortunate Objects': Lone Mothers in Eighteenth-Century London

by Tanya Evans
Review by Joanne Bailey

Men, Women and Property in England, 1780–1870: A Social and Economic History of Family Strategies amongst the Leeds Middle Classes

by R. J. Morris
Review by Theodore Koditschek
Response by R. J. Morris

Charity, Philanthropy, and Civility in American History

ed. Lawrence J. Friedman and Mark D. McGarvie
Review by Axel Schafer
Response by Lawrence J. Friedman and Mark D. McGarvie

Disability and Social Policy in Britain since 1750: a History of Exclusion

by Anne Borsay
Review by Meaghan Kowalsky
Response by Anne Borsay

The Character of Credit. Personal Debt in English Culture, 1740–1914

by Margot C. Finn
Review by Ben Griffin

The Politics of the Poor: the East End of London, 1885–1914

by Jon Lawrence
Review by Marc Brodie
Response by Jon Lawrence

Poor Women's Lives Gender, Work and Poverty in late-Victorian London

by Andrew August
Review by Anna Davin
Response by Andrew August

Betting on Lives: The Culture of Life Insurance in England, 1695-1775

by Geoffrey Clark
Review by Eve Rosenhaft
Response by Geoffrey Clark

Prostitution: Prevention and Reform in England 1860-1914

by Paula Bartley
Review by Maria Luddy
Response by Paula Bartley

Outside the Walls of the Asylum: The History of Care in the Community 1750-2000

ed. Peter Bartlett and David Wright
Review by Pamela Dale

Contagion: Disease Government and the `Social Question in 19th-Century France

by Andrew R. Aisenberg
Review by Pam Pilbeam

Insanity, Institutions and Society, 1800-1914: A Social History of Madness in Comparative Perspective

ed. Joseph Melling and Bill Forsythe
Review by Anne Borsay
Response by Joseph Melling and Bill Forsythe

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