The welfare state and the 'deviant poor' in Europe, 1870-1933 / edited by Beate Althammer, Universität Trier, Germany, Andreas Gestrich, German Historical Institute London, UK and Jens Gründler, Institut für Geschichte der Medizin der Robert Bosch Stiftung, Germany.

Date:
2014
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

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xi, 277 pages ; 23 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part I. From moral to social causes? Shifting conceptions and perceptions of poverty -- Part II. On the borderline: the vagrant poor between destitution and delinquency -- Part III. Beyond the borderline: the mentally deficient and the criminal.

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    History of Medicine
    JQC.3.AA8-9
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  • 9781137333612
  • 1137333618