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From Reformation to Improvement: Public Welfare in Early Modern England Book

From Reformation to Improvement : Hardback : Oxford University Press : 9780198206613 : 0198206615 : 07 Oct 1999 : Paul Slack's incisive analysis shows how the English came to believe between 1500 and 1740 that piecemeal improvement was more likely to be achieved than total social reformation. He examines social policy and institutions such as workhouses and hospitals in order to illustrate how contemporaries tried to shape their social and moral environment, and how they defined the notion of `welfare'.Read More

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    Paul Slack's incisive analysis shows how the English came to believe between 1500 and 1740 that piecemeal improvement was more likely to be achieved than total social reformation. He examines social policy and institutions such as workhouses and hospitals in order to illustrate how contemporaries tried to shape their social and moral environment, and how they defined the notion of `welfare'.

  • 0198206615
  • 9780198206613
  • Paul Slack
  • 24 September 1998
  • Clarendon Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 192
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