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Social historians describe welfare delivery systems prior to 1948.

This Very Short Introduction discusses the necessity of welfare states in modern capitalist societies. Situating social policy in an historical, sociological, a

Agrarian Capitalism and Poor Relief in England, 1500-1860 examines the evolution of public assistance for the poor in England from the late medieval era to the

This book examines the development of social support systems in the Modern age in the rural areas of the city-states of Northern Italy. This investigation achie